Always yours

Summary: It's time for the end of days and a newly single Buffy Summers is sent to L.A for a final battle with an army of slayers. Will this do a thing to change her? Will she and her love be reunited at last or will all hopes be destroyed? And yeah there is a paring! No hints!

Flashback

Thoughts

Emphasises

A/N I'm ignoring the story of the queen of slayers. I hate heart break and I do not get who dies its quite cryptic so nothing will be mentioned from it and also nothing will be copied from it! If you haven't read the book do not worry! For people like me P.O.V means Point Of View! While writing this I found it helpful to listen to "Close Your Eyes Buffy Angel love theme" by Christopher Beck!

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own anything Angel or Buffy except for the story! The song "Walk through the fire" should be recognised as it is from the BTVS episode "Once more, with feeling!" and is yet again owned by the almighty Joss! All hail Bows! Oh and my Buffy and Angel box-sets of course! What?

This story WILL spoil the story of Chosen from Season 7, some of season 6 of Buffy and most of Season 5 of Angel - Definitely the ending!

Chapter one: Reunite in the shadows, die in the light

ANGEL P.O.V

"… I wanna slay the dragon!" and with that me, Spike, Illyria and Gunn move on towards the army of Wolfram and Hart.

"Ahhh I wanna slay it! No fair you've ruined my fun!"

With that I turn around. It couldn't be her voice! It just couldn't be! Spike's shocked too so maybe he's worrying as well. The only thing that could make this real is if hear…

"Hey dead boy, sorry to spoil your thoughts but, are you going to face the apocalypse?" Yelled a very familiar voice. I wish he'd stop, unless he hadn't noticed but I am going to face it! If he saw the love of his life he'd freeze too – oh wait Anya's dead. I really have to be careful what I say I guess. That thought is very careless.

At that point the cavalry came out of the shadows. In the front was the originals; Xander, Willow, Giles, Dawn, Faith and Buffy. Even her name made my heart flip, if that was possible for the living dead! There were many slayers also; about three hundred, but Buffy and Faith were still the chosen two. And Lorne was there for some bizarre reason, I thought he fled here for a safer place. Weird!

I missed Buffy more than anyone in my whole life. She made me feel such pain, passion and most of all desire. She probably had another boy by now; she's out of my life. I had made that decision many years ago. The heart break I caused there was no more chances, no more. The moment we met after I discovered her death. Her death was the hardest thing I went through in all my years. And now she's standing about 10 metres away.

BUFFY P.O.V

There he stands and I'm the love of his life! Thank God Cordy told me that! But Spike's here too. OH GOD! How in all hell did he survive? Got to remember what happened! Ok, burning Spike, me saying I loved him and then him not believing be! Ashes to ashes, dust to dust! Oh god, oh god what am I meant to do? Aww he still wears that coat and Angel still wears his. I still have the one he gave me in the bus with the book he gave me. Always; what a sweet message!

"Ok then, I believe that this is a touching moment but stop the staring! To say the obvious…" said Xander who the pointed to the people while mentioning them, "…evil, good! Demons and vampires, slayers and dead boys! You get it now?"

I then noticed what Angel and I had been doing for the last few minutes; basically catching flies. I turned around, secretly blushing inside. I faced the troops; this was gonna be a hell of an apocalypse!

"Willow soundproof force field please! Allow the smaller army in," I said and pointed to Angel and co. Then a force field came up. The blue thing looked in amazement, who is she?

"Do you want to make a plan?" I said then signalled them to come over, they did so, "Ok then Faith go get the weapon van, slayers warm up…

"Why are you taking leading position when Angel should be?" the blue thing piped up.

"Blue luv, the slayer here means no harm she is the one with the army." Spike replied to that comment. The one spike called "blue" just humphed and stared back with her head almost resting on her shoulder.

He's so sweet so nice considering he hadn't told me he was alive! So he leaves me to worry, stuck at the side of the immortal; Evilest evil ever! He may have a soul but he's no Angel! No bad thoughts! BAD bad thoughts! I meant like with halos and harps! Didn't I? If Spike expects me to come crawling back he has got another thing coming! Angel too on that matter although he probably wont be as rude and abrupt as Spike. He will be pleased to see me and then just leave again like on graduation day… Stop being all upset Buffy he's moved on! I keep telling myself that but there is still no use!

SPIKE P.O.V

"…and that's our plan then!" Buffy finished her speech which seemed to last for ever. She could have just said fight and keep alive! That was the basic message from it I received. I hope Slayer doesn't expect me to just forget what happened, sorry pet that isn't happening! I'll fight then I'll rub it into peaches' face, this is gonna be precious!

And let me guess her first proper words to me; oh Spike I was so worried! You should of rang or told me you were alive! Spike I was incomplete without you. My pet we can sort it out later and maybe in front of peaches for an extra kick! But still bloody hell it is the apocalypse! It will probably be the one time she actually speaks to me for ages. She always picked appropriate times. I remembered when she turned invisible and Xander walked in on us, the thought still made me grin.

"What are you smiling at?" Angel whispered into my ear. If only he knew he wasn't her only older lover. I can't wait to tell him, or maybe even get Buffy to tell him we're an item! I can see it now Angel crying and me and the Slayer hugging as nothing had ever split us up. That will be a day I will see and in the near future. I wonder if my kum-by-ya-yas still had effect. Does the Slayer still want to misbehave? Is she ashamed of what she feels of me? Well time will tell! And now for the next hours of daylight I've got to spend in an old factory with her and peaches! Great old family reunions! I walked of into the shadows towards the building.

Willow's P.O.V

How can I stand near that murdering smurf? Fred… She died too young! Just to become the shell of an old one, what gave the smurf any right to do that? I wish she was a vampire! Though just seeing her burn would not contemplate my pain!

"I sense pain over something in you young Wicca." The smurf stated. She tilted her head to the side again, the freak!

"Yeah it doesn't really help that you're parading around in the skin of my friend you… evil blueberry!" I replied. Ha smurf reply to that one! She lifted her head up to make a point.

"Oh yes. Wesley felt the same about it, but when I morphed into my shell's being he told me to morph back. I do not get human nature; you ask for something but then want it to be taken away. When I ruled the earth Thousands of years ago people begged that there head was not severed off there shoulders of treachery…"

"Blue honey the little witch here gets the point!" said the green horned demon, "Hi I'm Lorne I read minds when people sing to me thanks to the powers! I reckon Blue would like Brave heart!" I forced a laugh; he was a very strange but good demon!

Buffy P.O.V

I saw the sun would be setting soon. There had been silence for most of the day between me, Angel and Spike. The only time we talked was me with Angel, me with Spike or those two insulting each other. That shut up a couple hours ago, something about respect for his Grandsire being old and senile. Angel growled lowly but I gave him a long hard stare. That shut him up. One to the Buffster! I walked out for a while to break the peace and probably silence but if I spent a moment more in there with all the bickering I would go crazy!

Outside I was approached by the green demon, isn't his name Lurne or something like that?

"Hey… em… sorry your name is?"

"My names Lorne and by the looks of things you seem to be having boy trouble" I opened my mouth to object but he stopped me, "No buts! I can feel the negative ness of it! Now let me guess what your thinking or you could tell me you know…"

"Now first I have no boy trouble!" He stared at me, so maybe he's guessed a little…"and second how can I trust you with all my secrets up here? Oh and thirdly why would I tell you?" The demon sighed at my response to him.

"Sorry for being a friend! Hey you wanna sing to me to make you feel better?" I simply stared at him for this comment. "Oh no catch it just makes me feel better! It wakes me up before I go-go if you get the pun!" He smiled and giggled at his own joke. I couldn't see any harm in it although I had bad memories concerning singing before. I guess he only wanted to help me and didn't know about sweet and all my songs.

"Well here goes I guess…" I thought to some songs, every one had escaped me except for ones from that musical day a year or so back. Which one? It's between going through the motions one, though that is obvious, and the walk through the fire one. Second one I guess is the best choice.

"Ok this is a song I sang when an evil demon, no offence, made every day a big song and dance. So here it goes…

I touch the fire and it freezes me.

I walk into it and it's black.

Why can't I feel?

My skin should crack and peel.

I want my fire back!

And through the smoke she calls to me,

To make my way across the flame

To save the day

Or maybe melt away

I guess it's all the same

So I will walk through the fire,

'Cause where else can I turn

I will walk through the fire

And let it……"

"No more?" Asked Lorne "Ahhh well! I guess that's enough to read you from!" I was furious! How could he trespass my privacy like this! The bastard!

"You back crosser! You can read me through songs! You're lucky I'm saving my strength for the battle because if I wasn't well… So what did you get then green giant?"

"Well let's see… Oh beautiful voice by the way! Very angelic!" I got the pun and just stared at him; coldly. "Anyway you're having trouble choosing between Angel and Spike and are trying to convince yourself to leave both of them! Don't be so hard on yourself it will soon be there graduation day!" I could tell he was hinting Angel as he winked. Stupid demon! If he repeats a word of this to Spike or Angel I will kill him! And his death will happen slowly and painfully.

I walked back into the factory. There were about twenty minutes tops left until sunset. As I sat in between Angel and Spike, Angel grabbed my hand but then hastily took it back again. He muttered sorry and then looked down. I was happy he did it, he still wore the ring; the claddagh (sp?) ring identical to the one he gave me all those years ago!

A/n I would like reviews but I'm not gonna bribe people unlike some people do… glares at dodo! Ok then the spelling I would like to know is of the ring Angel gave Buffy from season em… looks at boxsets 2! Peace out!

Britt