Re: FIC: The Centre Cannot Hold (2/?)

[Robbie Byrd <byrdrobbie@xxxxxxxxx>]

I liked how you wrote part 2. I especially liked how
you have combined both of the shows. I hope you are
able to add more to it soon.














--- JDMeans@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Let the bells ring out and the banners fly, he
> finally posted part two of 
> this thing!  This part focuses more on Jarod than on
> Buffy and Willow.  Hope you 
> like.
>
>
> Disclaimers; Joss and Mutant Enemy created the Buffy
> stuff for 20th Century 
> Fox.  The Pretender is owned by NBC and TNT right
> now, to the best of my 
> knowledge.
>  
> Rating; PG-13 to R
>  
> Spoilers; This is an Alternate Universe, set just
> after "Goodbye Iowa".  
>  
> Author's note; Rather than bog down the plotline
> with a generic subplot about 
> Buffy and Willow finding themselves and each other,
> I'm writing them as 
> already together as the story starts.  And Tara's
> not in this story.  In this 
> universe, she's already got a girl, she's happy, she
> and Willow are friends, let's 
> just leave her alone.  'Kay? 
>  
> Distribution; Ask first. I've got a big enough ego,
> I'm likely to say yes.
>  
> Feedback; It's the cherry on the cake of my writing.
>  JDMeans@xxxxxxx
>  
> Summary; He's not a Watcher, but he knows more about
> what's going on in 
> Sunnydale than even the Council.  His name is Jarod.
>  
> The Centre Cannot Hold
> by Kirayoshi
>
> Chapter two
> The Widening Gyre
>  
> "I've done turned the chairs
> I've done turned the tables
> Trying to find the key
> To fifty-million fables
>  
> They call me The Seeker,
> I've been searching low and highâ¬
> I won't get the thing that I'm after
> 'Til the day I die!"
>             --The Who
>               "The Seeker"
>  
> Buffy stopped short of Giles' front door, causing
> Willow to turn toward her 
> girlfriend, her brow crooked in concern.  "You
> okay?" she asked, taking Buffy's 
> hand in hers.
>  
> Buffy swallowed hard and faced Willow, drawing
> comfort from her green eyes.  
> "I'm okay," she assured Willow gently.  "I can do
> this.  We tell them we're 
> together, no big, right?"
>  
> Willow gave Buffy a quick kiss, little more than a
> peck on the lips, but the 
> implied love and acceptance warmed Buffy to her
> heart.  "We're together, 
> Buffy.  That is big.  And I don't want to hide it
> from anyone."
>  
> Buffy couldn't help but smile at Willow's easy
> acceptance of the love she 
> felt for her.  "Me neither.  C'mon, Willow, let's
> go."
>  
> Willow smiled as she and Buffy ran up the steps of
> Giles' porch and rang the 
> doorbell. 
>  
> <<>>
>  
> "And I believe," Jarod announced as he placed his
> queen's knight within 
> striking distance of Giles' cornered king, "that we
> have check and mate."
>  
> Giles scanned the board briefly, verifying Jarod's
> victory.  "I must say," 
> Giles chuckled ruefully, "This has not been good for
> my ego.  I'm no 
> grandmaster, but it's been a while since I've lost a
> game as quickly as I have now.  And 
> three times in a row yet.  Congratulations, Jarod, I
> bow to your skills."
>  
> "Don't sell yourself short, Rupert," Jarod assured
> the former librarian, 
> "you've proven to be a worthy opponent."
>  
> Giles harrumphed slightly, although Jarod could
> distinctly hear the humor 
> behind it.  As Giles began replacing the chessmen,
> the doorbell rang.  "That 
> would be Buffy," Giles affirmed.
>  
> "Good," Jarod smiled.  "I'd like to meet her.  But I
> assume you'll want a 
> rematch later?" he added, not unkindly.
>  
> "Maybe later," Giles offered as he rose to answer
> the door. "Once my innate 
> masochism recovers."
>  
> "Hey Giles," Buffy greeted her Watcher as she and
> Willow filed into his 
> living room.  "What's the good word?"
>  
> "Good words, I fear," Giles answered soberly, "are
> few and far between.  I am 
> still attempting to determine strategies we may use
> against Adam, with 
> limited success."
>  
> "Don't worry, Giles," Willow assured the team's
> mentor.  "We'll find a way."  
> Buffy nodded in agreement with her lover.  Even
> though she herself was 
> uncertain of her chances against Adam, having faced
> him herself, Buffy felt a surge 
> of faith in Willow's words.  
>  
> Funny, she thought to herself.  I never had much
> faith in a whole helluva 
> lot, before I met Willow.
>  
> "Make yourselves at home," Giles offered, "and I'll
> bring out some tea and 
> scones."
>  
> "Thanks Giles," Willow answered as she and Buffy
> entered the living room.  
> "Hey, is Xander gonna be here?"
>  
> "Not until this evening," Giles answered from the
> kitchen.  "He said he had 
> some extra work at the construction site, but he
> would do a donut run before 
> coming here."
>  
> "Oh," Willow answered quietly, and Buffy noticed the
> slight droop in her 
> chin.  "Well, Buffy and I had something to
> announce," she said quietly, "but I'd 
> rather wait until everyone's here.  Uh, if that's
> okay with you, Buffy."
>  
> "It's more than okay, Willow," the Slayer answered,
> smiling.  Buffy 
> instinctively reached out to Willow, to offer what
> comfort she could, but stopped short 
> as she noticed the stranger sitting beside the
> coffee table, as he finished 
> setting up the chess board.
>  
> A long, expressive face regarded Buffy with slate
> gray eyes, as a calloused 
> hand reached out to the Slayer.  "Hello, Miss
> Summers," he smiled, his eyes 
> aglow with knowing amusement.  "I've been looking
> forward to meeting you.  Jarod 
> Witherspoon, at your service."
>  
> Buffy slowly accepted the offered handshake, before
> she spoke to the 
> newcomer.  "So, Jarod," she started cautiously, "you
> a friend of Giles?"
>  
>             "Not really," Jarod admitted, "I just
> met him today.  But it 
> seems like I've known him for a long time."  Buffy
> sized up the stranger 
> immediately; a mysterious gentleman, seemed
> nonplussed by Giles talking about Adam or 
> other Slayer business in front of him, an interest
> in meeting Buffy.  These all 
> added up to one thing; Council. 
>  
> "Great," Buffy raised her eyebrow sardonically. 
> "Look buddy, I don't have 
> time for any games.  So if the Council sent you,
> don't let the door slap your 
> fanny on the way out."
>  
> "Buffy," Giles emerged from the kitchen, maintaining
> a tight rein on his 
> emotions.  Buffy glared hard at Giles, not even
> attempting 
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