Title: Bittersweet
Part: 18/?
E-mail: Angelusblood@yahoo.com
Author: Tygerlily
Summary: Set after 'The Gift', Dawn's dies instead of Buffy. Buffy and Spike are shattered by Dawn's death and leave Sunnydale. Angel and the rest of the gang try to bring them home...weirdness ensues.
Disclaimer: Not mine! I kinda borrowed them from Joss for awhile...shhh don't tell it'll be our secret.
Rating: R (for now eventually NC-17)


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Chapter 18 – A Seer for the Slayer


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Ciro and Raz stayed hidden deep in the shadows of the club, which in reality wasn’t all that hard to do. Raz had known the instant that Buffy and Spike left the club; he also couldn’t help the small smirk to cross his face. It was no secret how much the two were in love with each other; they could hardly keep their hands off of one another on the way to the club. It was only a matter of time before they would slip away; he was surprised they lasted so long. The nitric demon also had no doubts that they’d easily find their way back to the flat.

Leaning back in one of the club’s plush chairs he spared a glance at Ciro. She basically had her wolf under control and very rarely changed unless she wished it but being in places such as this only intensified the need. He just had to be sure that she was handling herself, though he should’ve known by now that there was never any real reason to worry. Though what did catch his attention was his companions’ avid interest with the dance floor below.

“What has caught you interest dear Ciro?” his breath caressing the shell of her ear

The werewolf merely smiled and nodded her head in the direction of young man near the bar below; he was recognizable to the pair. The Slayer alone was not just known in the demon world; her friends were also known as well.

“It can’t be… can it?” his face a mask of confusion

“It is… I can feel it” she replied simply

Downstairs the blue haired wolf couldn’t help the feeling of familiarity that washed over him as soon as he entered the club. The club itself smelled of sex and sweat but there was something else. There was a distinct scent that he just couldn’t identify but was oddly calming… in the end he decided that to just let it go but there still was a slight nagging in the back of his mind.

“Hey, wanna dance?”

As soon as he heard her voice a warm feeling ran down his spine. Turning to face the anonymous offer his eyes widened slightly as the finally fell on the woman before him. She was beautiful; standing only about 5’5 with the most beautiful blue eyes he’d ever seen but what really caught his attention was her hair. It fell almost to her waist and was streaked purple… he beyond interested.

“I don’t dance” he replied

“Okay, then buy me a drink” she said with a small smile

He couldn’t help but smile in return, offering up the seat next to him she easily slid in beside him as he ordered another rum and coke for himself. Then of course asking her what she’d like to drink, ordering a vodka tonic she turned back to the man sitting beside her.

“So last I heard you were in Tibet… which is NO where near London” she said cutting right to the chase. Ciro really saw no point in dancing around the subject. This of course caught her fellow wolf off guard, he had no idea who this woman was but it was clear that she has some idea as to who he was.

“Who are you?” asking the first question that came to his mind

Ciro just smiled she knew her question would cause him to be curious but that was exactly what she was going for. She wanted to see if she could get the wolf home with her. Raz talked about how though the Slayer and wolf weren’t always close they did have somewhat of a bond. It would be nice for her to see her friend again and Ciro wanted to do that for Buffy.

“I’m a friend… I’m more like a friend of a friend. I’m sure you remember Buffy”

“Buffy, she’s here?” he asked with surprise

“Yea, she’s here and I know she’d love to see a familiar and friendly face”

For some reason he trusted the young woman in front of him. Normally he wouldn’t have even given her the time of day, with a past like his and with friends like his you had enemies whether you wanted them or not. There was also her scent, she didn’t smell like a threat… she smelt more like family than anything else but that was something he just didn’t want to analyze at the moment.

“Alright, I wouldn’t mind seeing a friendly face myself”

Ciro just smiled a quick smile and told him to wait right there. Hoping up out of her seat she turned and made her way toward the upper level. Quickly grabbing Raz and dragging him back down to the lower level telling him they had to leave the club. Not even introducing Raz to their new companion she dragged both men out of the club and into the cool night air. Walking the few blocks back to the car then and only then did she introduce the two men.

“Raz this is Oz, Oz this Raz… ooo look at that it rhymed”

“Hey man” Oz said

“Nice to meet you” Raz replied

“Soooo lets get going guys!” Ciro said as she enthusiastically hopped into the front seat

“Is she always that perky?”

“No… never”

“hum”

And with that the two men climbed into the car and drove off into the night.


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Spike silently rolled over reaching for the warm body that wasn’t there. Grasping the warm sheets he was startled awake when his hands came up empty. Blue eyes flashed open and searched the darkened room for his mate. His undead heart instantly quieted when he saw her sitting near the window her knees tucked up to her chest her face leaning against the glass. He couldn’t help but stare; she was lovely wrapped in a crisp white sheet that accenting her tanned skin and the night was clear so the moonlight streamed in through the window panes highlighting her long blonde hair… he was falling in love all over again.

“What are you doing up princess? He asked softly

Buffy turned towards the bed startled slightly; she hadn’t even heard her mate awake from his nap. After they’d made love they both had fallen asleep but blissful unconsciousness didn’t stay with the Slayer for long. Waking abruptly in her mate’s arms she didn’t want him to wake also she slowly but easily slipped from his embrace and padded softly across the room to look out the window, which was about an hour ago. She’d been lost in thought ever since.

“Couldn’t sleep” she said simply

But the bleached vampire knew that instant that it wasn’t that simple. Something was on his Slayer’s mind he just wasn’t sure what. Though ever since early that evening something shifted in the air, something was changing, something was coming he just wasn’t sure what. And if he was right Buffy could feel it too. Sighing softly he rose from the bed and padded softly across the room uncaring about his nudity, he long ago grew more than comfortable with his body. He coaxed her to scoot forward and slid in behind her pulling her back against his chest and together they looked out into the night.

Eventually he again broke the comfortable silence the two of them shared.

“’Lizabeth what is it? I know something is wrong…” he whispered softly

Buffy couldn’t help but sigh heavily and sink further into his loving embrace. She knew there was no avoiding the subject; he’d used her true name. Her head lolled to the side baring her neck and his mark to him, leaning forward his tongue darted out and softly licked his mark causing a small moan to tumble from his lover’s lips.

“Lizzy talk to me…” he said as he nibbled on the shell of her ear

“I don’t know, just I guess so much has changed in such a short amount of time when you really think about it. I mean practically 5 months ago my mother was alive and healthy and Dawn was still just as annoying as ever and you were my annoying but loveable shadow…”

Spike chuckled at that but kept silent as he waited for her to continue.

“… and then everything changed. Mom died and then the fight with Glory and then Dawn just… god everything use to be so simple, but now…” she trailed off unsure as to how to continue

“Now everything isn’t as black and white as it use to be” he offered

“That’s the thing; I’m not your garden variety Slayer. I’ve always known that there are gray areas in this world, not everything is as it seems but…”

Pausing in mid-sentence she seemed to be struggling with what she was trying to say, so he kept quiet and just waited for her to continue.

“… I remember back in high school everything was so simple; Willow, Xander, Giles and I… we were like the dream team almost… I mean a big bad would show up, we’d fight hard, we’d win and then we’d party… that’s how it always was. I think things changed the day Angel left…”

Buffy felt her mate tense at the name of his supposed sire but he made no objections or comments so she knew it was safe to continue on.

“… I know he’s not your favorite person but for the longest time, he was my world. I gave him everything I had inside me and then some. I truly believed in my heart of hearts that he was the one. I mean ever since I was called I had no one to connect with, no one that truly knew what it was like for me… but he did. And then everything with Angelus just really screwed it all up but when he came back… it was really awkward and uncomfortable but only at first. By the time prom was coming around things were getting better… or at least I thought so, I guess just being with me wasn’t enough… so he left… God Will he just left me, he told me he loved me and yet he left me…”

A broken sob filled the room and Spike just pulled her closer offering her silent comfort. He knew that there was more she had to say and he didn’t want to interrupt. This was what he had wanted from the minute she asked him to leave Sunnydale. She was finally beginning to let go of old demons… now she truly would be his and that was all he wanted all along.

“… sorry, guess I kinda lost it for a sec, No so as I was saying. Things really just got messed that year that was the year the Scoobies almost split, I guess we all did a bit of growing that year, becoming our own persons but somewhere along the way we lost one another. And though we found our way back, I don’t think… no I know we lost something that year and we never got it back. I even found out from Willow that Giles almost left me that year… and then Glory came. I don’t think I need to summarize that tale for you. And now I’m here with you…”

“Is that such a bad thing?” he had to ask

Buffy immediately turned in his embraced and looked up at him with wide innocent eyes. Moisture pooled within her emerald depths, she never meant to make her mate feel unwanted she just wanted him to know what was going on inside her.

“God no, I love being with you, I love belonging to you, I love you… I’m just saying that so much has changed so fast I sometimes don’t know what’s going on inside my head… but I do know what’s going on inside my heart, I wouldn’t give you up for anything. William, I need you… in so many ways I always have, even when we were enemies…” she said with a smile

“I knew you always fancied me” he smiled jokingly

”Can get you get over yourself for just a second?”

“I suppose, go on with what you were saying” he huffed

Buffy just smiled and shook her head; he always seemed to know how to lighten her mood no matter what she was feeling at the time.

“Thank you, but seriously… before you slaying was just a job I had to do. I found the big bad, killed it and moved on. But you were the one that kept getting away you soon became my…”

“… Obsession, I know because you became mine, Drusilla would constantly tell me how you surrounded me. At the time I just believed it was because you were the Slayer and you were the one that I couldn’t kill. You weren’t like the brochure that’s for sure. You had friends and family helping you, which was an added factor I hadn’t counted on. Most Slayers if they live long enough do eventually have a death wish… but you, what you had was something to live for… When I made that deal with you and I got myself and Dru out of Sunnydale I headed straight for South America. Drusilla always said how she liked it there so I went for Brazil. At first everything seem to be fine but then she would just blatantly flaunt her… conquests in front of me… said I tasted of ashes and she needed to find her pleasures somewhere… “

“Wow, what a bitch” she said softly

Spike just looked down at her stunned for a moment before a hearty laugh bubbled up inside of him and tumbled from his lips. It seemed as though it was infectious and Buffy couldn’t help but join in.

“She really was a bitch wasn’t she?” he asked half serious

“I have to so” she replied

And just as suddenly as their laughter started it stopped. Spike’s thumb lazily rubbed Buffy’s bottom lip and he couldn’t help the small moan that broke through when her tongue darted out to wet her lips.

“William…” she whispered

Spike groaned aloud at the sight of her little pink tongue darting out to moisten her lips and that breathy whisper of hers wasn’t helping. Swiftly gathering her up into his arms he quickly devised her of the sheet that was wrapped around her body while laying her back down on the soft bedding. He sometimes still had trouble believing that she was his.

Crawling up her body he began to lay soft kisses on her neck and collar bone, his hands were gentle and soft as they moved up and down her body and glided across her skin. Buffy instantly knew that something was different with her mate, they’d made love and just fucked each other more times than she could count but this was different, he’d never been this gentle, this tender before, it was almost painful and she loved every minute of it.

As he moved down her body he began to leave hot open mouthed kisses on just above her breast, the bare skin of his upper chest rubbing against her nipples, the friction causing them to pebble and harden beneath him. Her warm little body writhed and bucked beneath him trying to find the release it so desperately needed. She tried to slide her fingers into his hair only to be stopped and pinned with an icy gaze. With one look she knew that if she moved again, she probably be left wanting so with a resigned yet frustrated sigh she flopped back down onto the bed giving herself over to the pleasures Spike’s lips and tongue had to offer.

She gasped as she felt icy lips wrap around her nipple and began to suckle. Nipping softly at the hardened nub his fingers wandered over to the neglected breast to tug and pinch the hardened nub he found there. His lover continued to pant and squirm beneath him as he buried his face within the softness of her breast; licking the skin he found there he continued to slowly descend down her body.

He began to press cool kisses to her inner thighs, all the while moving closer to her swollen center. Hesitating at first his tongue darted out to give a soft lick her clit. At this Buffy’s hips surged off the bed only to be pushed back down by her mate’s powerful hands and to be sure it didn’t happen again a firm but gentle hand was placed on one of her hips and a hoarse whisper of don’t move was said his unneeded breath caressing the wet flesh before him.

As his cool tongue continued to explore her warm center Buffy couldn’t help but rock her hips slightly all because of the tiny shivers of pleasure running up and down her spine. Pulling away he glided up her body as she pulled him in for a bruising kiss tasting her juices on his lips and tongue as she explored his mouth. Feeling the head of his erection brush up against her she surged her hips forward welcoming him into her body.

Spike needed no further invitation and immediately slid al the way into the hilt. A low growl vibrated throughout the room as the vampire felt his mate’s walls ripple and clench around him as he filled her. Wrapping her legs around his lean waist she tried to pull him in even deeper than he already was; Spike gritted his teeth as he tried to gain some semblance of control or it would all be over before he started. Once he was sure he was okay he proceeded to slide in and out of her welcoming heat eventually his pace became more frenzied as she push back up against him. Buffy’s legs dropped from around him as she dug her heels into the bed drying to keep up with the force of his thrust. As he felt her first orgasm take her he pushed her legs up opening her up even wider for his advances and began to move even faster.

Buffy was lost the sensations he was creating throughout her body were intoxicating and mind numbing she could barely keep pace with him as she thrashed and writhed beneath him. He knew he was close and he knew she was too, as he felt her walls flutter his human guise melted away revealing the demon he was.

“Who do you belong to?” he asked harshly as he continued to pound into her

Startled slightly by the question and still having trouble thinking at all she didn’t answer him right away which didn’t seem to sit well with him at all.

“Who do you belong to Slayer?” he asked again

Finally realizing what he asked of her, her answer was instantaneous.

“Yours, only yours” she said breathily

With that he lunged forward and bit into her lush breast and began to drink deeply. The scream that filled the room was somewhat of a cross between pleasure and pain, though neither of them was really sure nor did they care. After a few more thrust with a deep growl he emptied his seed within her warm body, that sensation alone causing his mate to come again with him.

His body sated he collapsed on top of her, still buried deep inside of her. His head lay on the soft mounds of her breast as he leisurely licked at the twin puncture wounds he created there. A soft purr formed in his chest at the feel of her soft fingers running slowly through his hair as her hot blood ran through his body. Sighing softly he let the blanket of sleep take him his manhood still buried within her heat and his lips on her breast. Buffy looked down at her mate under hooded eyes and couldn’t help but smile softly at the sight she saw and not too long after she too let the blanket of sleep taker her, still wrapped in her mate’s arms.


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The sun was already high in the sky as the two blondes sat at the island in the kitchen both sipping on mugs of hot chocolate. Buffy couldn’t help but smile as she watched her mate pout when he was unable to find any of the mini marshmallows he liked so much.

After they had woken up again they made love two more times before deciding it was time to get up and greet the day as it were. After a shower which took much longer than expected since Spike figured showering together would save water… it didn’t. They wandered the two floors and found that neither Ciro nor Raz had returned that night. At first Spike was worried but then Buffy informed him of Raz’s disappearing acts and that Ciro was more than likely the same way.

So they decided to figure out what they were going to do next. Buffy hadn’t really had a chance to really see London yet and Spike intended to show her anything her little heart wanted to see. They couldn’t very well stay with Raz forever and they couldn’t keep traveling, he eventually wanted Buffy to have a permanent home of her own. So they began to discuss their options and all the different ways of going about things and what they would do should the Scoobs find them again.

As they were making plans to go to Paris in the up coming weeks a loud crash was heard indicating someone or something just came barreling through the front door. Their hot chocolates and mini marshmallows were instantly forgotten as they both bounded for the front door what greeted them was something neither of them ever expected to see.

“Oh my god, what the…”

A bruised and cut up Ciro dragged in a blood soaked Raz into the foyer with the help of an equally cut up Oz. All three looked as thought they’d been in a knocked down drag out fight and from the looks of things the other guy won.

“We have a problem…” Oz said

“Well what is it?” Spike asked because it was obvious from the look on Buffy’s face she was still in too much of a shock from seeing Oz again and the damage done to a friend of hers he took charge.

“Drusilla”

End of Chapter 18

**Laughs Manically**

Drusilla is back! Well what is going to happen next is anyone's guess... if you want more a review is always nice





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