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Title: Tireseus Chapter: One/Three Rating: PG-16 Pairing: Willow/Buffy Spoilers: Season two. Timeline: This is Angel becomes Angelus and goes all grr. Beta Readers: Scotty Welles Shadow Mage Summary: A spell sends Willow's life spiraling out of control, and no matter what she does things only get more and more complicated. Disclaimer: So not mine <><><><><><><> PROLOGUE <><><><><><><> She gulped at the two men pacing her living room. She couldn't stop the nervousness she'd been feeling since the two Watchers had shown up on her doorstep asking for her help. She could handle Giles, who was more of a father to her than her own father, but this was different. These were two freaky-acting strangers. "What kind of help? Because I doubt I could help you, not that I don't want to. It's just that I'm plain old dependable Willow. There's nothing special about me. Well except my hacking, but no illegal hacking because that would be bad. Very bad, and I'm too young to go to jail." The elder of the two men squinted at her over his spectacles. His behavior reminded her of a retired solider. Under his intense gaze she was tempted to back up, but there was another part of her, the part that helped the Slayer that was keeping her standing in front of him. "There's been a recent series of murders, all involving young men with magical abilities. We believe that a demon's behind them, however there are too many possibilities." She let out a relived sigh. "I'll call the others and we'll start doing our thing right away." "That's not what we need you for." She had a very bad feeling about this. "Th-then w-w-w-why do you need me?" "We want you to go undercover to catch it." She blanched at the idea of her going... "Um, why me? I'm just a normal adolescent female, with absolutely no magical abilities." Yep, let's see them contradict that. "Actually you do, they're simply latent." Really. She smiled at the idea of her, mousy Willow, a witch. Her eyes narrowed slightly and she crossed her arms. "But you said this thing went after young men. In case you hadn't noticed...I'm still a woman." The younger man smirked and held up a spell book. "Not for long." <><><><><><><> CHAPTER ONE <><><><><><><> He stood outside the library between the two Watchers he had come to despise. Not only had they forbade him to tell the others about this, but they had made it clear that she...that HE had to work with the others on this. He glared over at the younger Watcher, thinking that when this was over he was going to rip the creep a new... The older Watcher gripped his arm and yanked him through the doors, ignoring the cautious looks that the others were giving them. Giles stood and eyed the new arrivals suspiciously. "May I help you?" he inquired archly. The younger man snorted softly as he took in the others, his eyes lingering on Angel. "This is William," he stated. "The council sent him to help you." Giles frowned at the young upstart, making him take a step back. "I wasn't expecting him until tomorrow." "We left early. There's an emergency that requires us to get back immediately. Now, if you'll excuse us..." He watched them disappear, suddenly wanting nothing more than to go with them. Slowly he looked back at his friends, and swallowed under Buffy's gaze, suddenly feeling like a specimen on display. Running his hand through his short red hair, he smiled shyly at them. "Uh, hi?" "Will, huh?" Xander chuckled. "Man, we lose one Will only to get another. Talk about a coincidence." Cordiella smiled at him with a strangely predatory glint. She approached him and took his hand, squeezing more softly and slowly than a polite handshake required. "I'm Cordiella. I'd be...happy to show you around." "Yeah, she just loves to take men on a tour of her body," Xander muttered behind her. "Then again, there's not that many men who haven't seen...eek!" He whimpered as Cordiella gripped him between the legs. "What was it you were saying?" she asked sweetly. "Nothing! Nothing!!" He sunk to the floor when she let go. Buffy smiled at him and shrugged. "Welcome to the hellmouth." She popped up and grabbed his elbow, stirring him away from Cordy. "I don't suppose you know how to use a computer?" "I...think I can mange." His stomach fluttered as she sat next to him, her hand still resting against his arm. She leaned into him as she caught him up on the case. Her hot breath tingling his skin. Every once in a while he'd feel her leg brush against his. 'I'm in soooo much trouble. ' <><><><><><><> He leaned back in his chair, and rubbed his tired eyes. The others had left a few hours ago, but he hadn't been ready to. The idea of being a man for the next couple of weeks was strangely terrifying, and he had no desire to go home to bed. "Hey, what're you still doing here?" He yelped as his chair fell over, with him in it. Groaning slightly as the image of an amused Buffy standing over him refired the hormones that were so fickle. "Are you okay?" He reluctantly took the offered hand, nodding at her, not trusting his voice at the moment. Instead he righted his chair. "I...uh..." He cleared his squeaking voice and tried again. "I wanted to check a few more sites before I left." Buffy hopped up on the table next to him, giving him a view of her legs. "I'll walk you." He glanced wearily into her face seeing the determined clench of her jaw. "All right, just let me shut down." "So...you're from England?" "Yeah. It's very...wet." He stood up, hoping that his friend didn't decide to question him anymore. And that she wouldn't notice the effect she was having on him. The male anatomy he was adjusting to made it harder to hide his feelings. The manners that had been drilled into him as a young child came rearing up, forcing him to help her off the table. Her body slid against his, sending hot blood rushing through him. "Thanks." She smiled at him, melting his heart. "N-no p-problem." She took his hand and guided him out of the library. "I guess you must miss your girlfriend, being so far away." He let his hand drop from hers, way to aware of her proximity for comfort. "Oh, I don't have one." The barest look of glee passed over her face before she covered it. "Oh? You broke up?" "I've never...uh...dated." He cleared his throat again. Trying to pick up their pace. "I find that hard to believe." She cocked her head at him and smiled. "Why?" "You seem to be a nice guy, not to mention cute." 'She thinks I'm cute...' He couldn't stop the large grin from splitting his face, giddiness over flowing him. "I...thank you." He blushed softly ducking his head. "What about you? Any special men in your life?" She sighed and leaned against him, hooking her arm through his. "It's...complicated." "How?" "I care about Angel, but..." She trailed off awkwardly. "Is it the 'Vampire Slayer' thing?" "Every time we're around each other, I have to fight my instincts." He stopped outside his house and turned to her. "But you love him, and in the end that's all that matters." She hugged him tightly. "Thank you." He watched her walk off, his body missing her warmth. 'Well, at least it can't get any worse...' He should have known better. <><><><><><><> He poked his head into the library, slipping inside after determining that it was empty. It was only lunchtime, and he had no idea how he was going to make it through the rest of the day. So far he'd been hit on by most of Cordy's clones and a number of women he'd never even known before today. Cordy and her group had even ambushed him a few minutes before trying to talk him into having lunch with them. He just couldn't understand it; as a woman, everyone had made her life miserable and ignored her. But the second she was a man, he became the very thing she'd always dreamed about. Now, though, after seeing how the other side lived, all he wanted to do was become Willow again. "There you are, I've been looking all over for you." 'Here we go again...' He forced a smile as he turned to Buffy, weary of her after the day's events. "Hi." "I heard you were having a little trouble with Cordy." He rolled his eyes. "You have no idea. I never knew that women could be so..." "Predatory?" "You could say that. I can't wait for school to be over." A wicked statement crossed her face. "Why don't we leave?" "You mean skip? I've never skipped in my entire life." Buffy grabbed his arm and lead him to the back entrance of the library and out into the parking lot. "Then it's about time you did." <><><><><><><> He flopped back onto the beach in his soaking wet swim trunks, laughing harder as Buffy landed on his chest. His arms naturally surrounded her, hugging her to him. "I can't believe we did this." She propped herself up on her elbow so that she was inches from his face. " It must be hard not having a boyfriend that can do this sort of thing with you." She nodded, her fingers playing over his chest. " We're not exactly dating anymore." " Why what happened?" " There's so much angst between us, and...somethings missing." Buffy stared down at him slyly. Her blue eyes drilling into his. Their bodies melded into each other instinctively. " Something I experience when I'm around you." His laughter faded away as he became aware of her wet body pressed against hers. "Uh...maybe we shoul..." Her lips silenced him, chasing any thoughts from his mind. 'This is wrong, she's your best friend. Bad, bad Will...oh...that's...' He moaned involuntarily as she ground into him, both of them quickly losing control. His hands began to wander over her back, pulling her closer to him. She moved her lips to his neck, sucking the skin. "I feel like I've known you for a long time. Like you remind me of someone...." He shuddered under her hands. "I've...never felt anything like this before." He crushed their lips back together, stripping off her swimsuit as she rolled over. All senses lost in a daze of hormones, and passion... <><><><><><><> " I signed the release waiver, so feel free to put things in my slot anytime." - Charles Angels. Odo: Madam Ambassodor, I'm not like you. Every sixteen hours I revert to a liqiud. Lwaxana Troi: I can swim. - DS9: The Forsaken. Aeris Jade Orion list mommy: erslash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx erslash-adult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AIM: Aeris Jade ICQ: 51496263 AT&T/Pow-Wow: Jade Pow-Wow Community: Orion Web Site: http://members.fortunecity.com/aerissword/Index.html |