Title: Of Keys, Slayers, and Cruel Intentions
Author: Gabby
Summary: Instead of the monks making Dawn the key, Kathryn Merteuil is created to be Buffy's twin sister. And what happens when the handsome Sebastian Valmont is thrown into the mix? Spoilers for seasons 1-5 and Cruel Intentions.
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Not mine. All Buffy is owned by Joss Whedon. And Cruel Intentions is owned by…some other brilliant person who's name I don't know off the top of my head.
Author's Note: My first Cruel Intentions story, but definitely not first Buffy, first crossover, or first fanfic! I'll update as often as possible, if I don't it's because school or something interferes, I have the whole plot and story line down… it's just typing it and getting it posted. Feel free to leave comments and constructive criticism, but please no flames. Enjoy!
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By the next day Sebastian had developed a nasty looking bruise on his jaw, but it didn't seem to faze him. Kathryn was holed up in her and Buffy's room, apparently trying to see if this whole situation would blow over, or hoping against hope that it was one bizarre dream.
Buffy was sitting in the kitchen eating a sandwich when Sebastian appeared in the doorway. Buffy set her sandwich down and looked up at him, "Can I help you?"
"Can you explain what you are exactly?" Sebastian blatantly asked.
Buffy was taken aback as Sebastian lowered himself into a chair on the other side of the island and looked intently at her face. She picked up her sandwich and took another bite. She eyed his face, he looked genuinely curious. Buffy sighed and again set down her sandwich.
"I'm a Slayer," she spoke.
"Could you be anymore vague?" Sebastian smirked.
"If you'll give me a minute… When I was 16 years old, before my dad divorced my mom, when I still lived in LA and went to Hemery High… where I was easily the most popular girl in school… totally surpassing Kathryn," Buffy went off on a tirade, seemingly reliving her life that seemed so long ago. "Well one day a man approached me on the steps to the school. He kinda gave me the wiggins. He had the whole tweed thing going on, which definitely wasn't something I was particularly fond of. Anyways… he comes up to me and tells me that I have a duty. That I, alone, am to protect and save the world from evil. I thought he was high. I got up and quickly left, but he followed me everywhere. I finally gave in when he mentioned the dreams that I'd been having and the birthmark on my shoulder. No one else knew about the dreams, and only my immediate family knew about the birthmark, considering I had it removed.
"He explained to me that in every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer. He told me that I was she. I was intended to fight off all the evil baddies. I tried to tell him that I couldn't be, I was just Buffy Merteuil, not some super chick with powers. Merrick, that was his name, eventually took me out to a cemetery. I asked him what gave him the right to do all of this and he explained that he was my Watcher, he was intended to guide me and help me with my training. He handed me a stake, pointed to a headstone and told me to watch it. I sat there for a few minutes, thinking it was insane, when all of a sudden a hand popped out of the ground. I screamed and backed away. Merrick pushed me back forward and told me that it was a vampire. The creature clawed its way out of the grave and I was told to fight and kill it."
"How did it go?"
"Let's just say there could have been another Slayer called that very night. I kicked and punched and resorted to hair pulling. I eventually managed to stake the monster because I fell on top of it. After that night I trained with Merrick every day after school. I barely showed up to cheerleading practice anymore, my boyfriend at the time broke up with me and chose to go to prom with someone else, my friends thought I was a loner and took Kathryn under their wing, thus escalating her into the position I once was. I didn't care, I couldn't care. The only thing I could care about was saving the world, one vampire at a time. Then a new player came to town, Lothos. He wanted me dead and would stop at nothing to kill me. He threatened my family, my friends, and eventually killed my Watcher. After that, I snapped. I did all I could do to rid this world of Lothos. He attacked the prom with a group of vampires. I fought them and won. While doing this I also succeeded in burning down the gym.
"That's when my mom and my dad got divorced. I became Buffy Summers and moved to Sunnydale, where on my first day I met my new Watcher, who just so happens to be Giles, and was forced to continue. I died that year. For about a minute. Xander brought me back with CPR, but another Slayer had already been called. I met her my sophomore year, her name was Kendra. She was killed in another fight which is another conversation for another time. After Kendra was Faith, who went over to the dark side, wound up in a coma, and is now in a state prison in LA. So I'm still on my own, fighting for our side."
"Wow," Sebastian breathed. "That's a lot of pressure."
"Yeah, but I've managed to save the world from at least a dozen apocalypses so far, with the help of my friends of course. I think I'm doing pretty well."
"So all the fighting you did last night, that was all Slayer strength and training?"
"You bet."
"This is probably going to sound really corny, but do you think you could teach me a few things? Just so you know, in case I get cornered in an alley by some vampire who's attracted to my good looks?" Sebastian smiled.
Buffy sighed, "I can teach you a few things, I could probably use some more help out there. And now that they know who you are you're going to have to be able to defend yourself, and not just stand there like a helpless puppy."
"I did not stand there like a helpless puppy."
Buffy snickered, "All you were missing was the tail between the legs."
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Sebastian flew across the room as Buffy picked him up and tossed him. He smacked into one of the padded walls and fell to the floor. He groaned as Buffy ran over to him. She grabbed him by the collar and easily lifted him up, "Now punch me."
"What?" he muttered.
"Punch me damn it, do it."
Sebastian pulled a fist back and went to punch her, but before he could even come close to her Buffy fan kicked his hand away. He yelled and spun around. Before Buffy could do anything Sebastian whipped back around and kneed her in the stomach. Buffy grunted and fell to her knees. Sebastian took this to his advantage and pushed her onto back and pinned her to the ground.
"Good one," Buffy stated, "You caught me off guard."
Sebastian smiled and went to respond, but before he could Buffy wrapped her legs around his torso and flipped him over onto his back, pinning him down, "Right back at ya."
Sebastian tried to get up, but Buffy put her hands on his shoulders and pushed him back down. She leaned down and whispered, "I won."
Sebastian then caught her eyes with his. Buffy's face was centimeters away from his, but she couldn't move. They stayed like that for about a minute until Giles came into the back. They instantly broke apart and moved to different sides of the room. Giles apparently didn't notice a thing.
"How is he doing?" Giles questioned.
"W-w-well," Buffy stammered, "He's doing well." She glanced at Sebastian across the room, "But I think we're done for today."
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"Oh Willow, I don't know what I'm getting myself into," Buffy sighed, holding a pillow tight to her chest.
She was sitting in Willow and Tara's dorm room. Willow was sitting across from her on the bed and Tara was on her bed, reading from an ancient spell book. Willow frowned a bit and started chewing on her lip.
"I'm not sure what to say Buff," Willow started slowly, "You just got out of a long relationship and no one can say that it ended well. And this could just be a rebound relationship just waiting to happen."
"Not to mention he's my step-brother."
"Cut it with the step-brother crap. He's not blood related. And you've seen Clueless right? Hello."
Buffy sighed, she couldn't believe Willow just made such an idiotic pop culture reference, it wasn't like her.
"You should have seen the way he looked me in the eyes. The only thing is… he has a reputation, and it's not a good one."
"Have you ever let that stop you before?"
"Not really… "
"There ya go. Just let the chips fall, Buffy."
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Gunn was patrolling one of the many Sunnydale graveyards when he saw the Slayer again, this time she was accompanied by-
"No way in hell," Gunn breathed.
There was Sebastian. The whole reason Gunn was here. He had to teach that punk a lesson. It's the least he could do for Ronald.
Buffy saw Gunn across the graveyard and quickly pushed Sebastian in another direction. She still didn't know if the strange man had anything to do with the orb and she didn't want to face him when she wasn't prepared.
Sebastian spotted Gunn, but wasn't aware that he was hunting for him. He quickly started walking in the direction Buffy pushed him, sensing that the other man was not someone they wanted to mess with right now.
Gunn started following the pair through the graveyard, all the while wondering what Sebastian was doing with the Slayer. He was careful not to draw attention to himself; he didn't want to go around sporting nasty welts for the rest of his time here.
They turned a corner when a vampire attacked. It flew at Sebastian and tackled him to the ground. Sebastian punched it in the nose and it howled in pain. Sebastian quickly got up as Buffy roundhouse kicked the vampire a few times. The vampire got a good kick in and Buffy went flying against a headstone. Sebastian ran over and kicked it behind the knees. It yelled and fell to the ground, where Sebastian quickly staked it. He stood up and brushed the dust off of him.
"How was I?" he grinned.
"Brilliant," Buffy beamed.
He fights vampires now too? What the fuck is goin' on 'round here? Gunn thought to himself as he walked off into the night.
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"Crap," Buffy said.
"What?" Sebastian wondered as they walked home.
"Kathryn's cross, it fell off somewhere back there."
Sebastian's face paled, "Why did you have her cross?"
"Well I thought it was rather pretty… Do you think she'll be upset?"
Sebastian laughed at this, "No, not at all."
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"AH!" a shrill high pitch voice screamed.
A body fell to the ground with a thud, alive but clearly insane, eyes rolling around in its head.
"Maybe, most magnificent one," a strange little creature spoke, "we should call a hospital, so the poor creature has somewhere to go."
A thin, beautiful, blonde woman turned toward the creature. She smiled for a moment before it turned into a frown, "Excuse me Jinx. But is that what we're here for, to help the weak? I don't think so."
"Yes, ma'am."
"That's better. Ah… I feel so refreshed, renewed. Now… I say we find that key."
"Yes, Glorificus."
"How many times have I told you!" the woman bellowed, "Call me Glory."
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Author's Note: Hey everyone! Hope you enjoyed it! Sorry it took longer to get up and that it's a bit shorter. I'm going to be gone from the 31st to the 3rd. So hopefully when I get back I can get another one up. Comments would definitely inspire me! Thanks for reading!
Allen Pitt: Haha, the Buffy-bot. That would be quite entertaining. I love your version of the final scene, it's absolutely amazing, it cracked me up. And we'll see how Angel responds… quite soon.
W1cked Angel: Well she hasn't openly done it…
Chosenfire28: We'll find more out about Kathryn later… and I'm liking this new "I'm strong" Sebastian. :-D
VikThanks so much!
Softly descending: It's not B/A, but trust me… there will be some definite B/A undertones 'cos they're my favorite couple. And thanks!