Fic: Triune (5/?) B/W/T NC-17

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Title: Triune

Author: The Bear!

Spoilers: up through season 5

Pairing: Buffy/Willow/Tara (Some of the other Scoobies might get a
little some-some as well)

Summary: Ends the Triad Trilogy- Sequel to the Please Trilogy. The new
Triad deals with an angry Hellgod and new relationships are on the
horizon

Warnings: NC17 Ahoy! I Love BDSM. I Love chains and whips. I love
Sex! If any of these gives you the wiggins, then so will this story.
(Part 5 throttles back to the pg-13/R range.]

Disclaimer: If I owned 'em, they'd have to show it on the Ecstasy
Network.

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Part 5

========== BtVS ==========

Xander watched in awe as Buffy ran up between two of the trio of
vampires that they had come upon. His jaw literally dropped as she
leapt up into the air and lashed out with both feet, striking each vamp
in the face with a devastating kick. It was so impressive because they
were on either side of her- making it look like she was doing the splits
in mid-air, except the splits didn't usually include major ass-kickage,
or face kickage in this case.

He couldn't help but notice with great interest that she was wearing a
black lace thong under her short skirt. He also couldn't help but
notice, again, what a great ass she had as the skirt flipped up above
her waist while she seemed to float to the ground.

Fortunately he was able to quit ogling his friend before she caught him.
Even luckier- he managed to come to his senses faster than the third
vamp who was still staring at the petite blond in amazement. Whether in
awe of her prowess, or in lust of her ass, Xander didn't bother waiting
to find out. He took advantage of the moment to ram a stake into his
heart from behind. 

"At least you go out with a smile!" he quipped before turning to see if
Buffy could use his help.

Buffy was having fun. She knew Giles would frown at her disapprovingly
and chastise her for overconfidence- though he'd undoubtedly use some
'British' sounding word, like 'imprudence' or 'being rash' or some such
thing. She ruthlessly tromped down her inner Giles and thought, "Come
on! Three newbie vamps? Not even a challenge!" She smirked as Xander
dusted one while it was staring at her ass.

One of those she'd kicked rose unsteadily to it's feet and Buffy grabbed
it, throwing it over her shoulder and right into the other one that had
only just achieved sitting upright. She chuckled as she thought of how
Xander's face must have looked when she leapt up for that splits-kick.
"Bad Buffy!" she mentally chided herself. "You shouldn't tease poor,
girlfriendless Xander!"

"I've always wondered something Buff," Xander said as he watched her
playing with the hapless vamps.

"What's that Xander?" she asked as she ducked a punch from one vamp and
sweep-kicked it's feet out from under it before rolling under a kick
from the other only to pop up and side kick it squarely in the lower
back, causing it's arms, legs and head to snap back as it was thrust
forward at the waist. It looked like someone being snatched back at the
end of a bungee cord, only horizontally.

Xander chuckled humorously at the way the vamps were flying around like
rag-dolls. "Why cemeteries?"

"Whaddya mean?" Buffy asked as she used one vamp's momentum and missed
punch to dislocate it's shoulder with a sickening pop.

Xander cringed slightly at the wet, tearing sound the vamps ruined arm
made before answering. "Well, I mean there's no people here, so no
vampy snacks. And, they can't all live in mausoleums, like Spike did,
can they? So why do we always find them skulking around in cemeteries?"

Buffy stopped for a second to ponder that- right after she
absent-mindedly punched the lesser damaged vamp in the side of the head,
knocking it down yet again. After a moment she shrugged and said, "I
dunno. Why don't you ask one?"

Xander jerked back in shock when she slapped one-arm upside the head,
sending him stumbling toward him. It was his turn to shrug and he
thought, "Ok, whatever." He looked at the vamp and asked, "So, why do
you guys hang out in cemeteries?"

The vamp growled, "I'll kill you!"

Xander managed to dodge the vamp's wild punch and landed a haymaker of
his own right on it's ugly, ridged nose. The crunch of cartilage was
clearly audible, and the vamp was knocked onto it's butt.

"Ow!" Xander yelled, shaking his hand. "Damn, that hurt!" he
complained.

"I guess we'll never know. Next time," Buffy said as she blocked a
punch from the still-two-handed vamp, "Try this!" She struck upward
with the heel of her palm, catching the vamp directly in the upper lip
and nose, smashing the latter with another wet-sounding crunch, and
driving the creature's fangs through its upper lip.

"Cool!" Xander said as the vamp arced up and back, landing on it's head
and shoulders, the rest of it's body collapsing over top of it, it's
knees smacking itself in the forehead. Xander thought it looked like
something out of a John Woo kung-fu movie and had to restrain himself
from clapping.

Buffy said, "Bored now," and quickly staked the two sorry-looking undead
as they tried to make their way back to their feet.

Xander stared at her, "Bored now?" he asked with one eyebrow raised
questioningly.

She smirked, then cleared her face of emotion and said, "Leaving now."

Xander goggled at her as he made the connection.

Buffy laughed at the look on Xander's face.

"I can't believe you'd want to think about that!" Xander said,
remembering the pain they had felt when they thought Willow had been
turned.

"In a lot of ways, that was the worst day in my life," Buffy said. "I
had all these feelings for my best friend- that I was totally in denial
about- and then, boom! She's a vampire."

Xander nodded, "Yeah, I wasn't in love with her, but it still killed me.
Even worse than Jesse, and that one really tore me up."

"Yeah," Buffy agreed. "It was horrible." Her face brightened, and she
said, "But, once we found out she was alive."

"Yeah, I noticed that you got kinda close to Willow for a little bit
there," Xander said with a smirk.

Buffy shook her head and began walking out of the cemetery. "All I
could think about was how much I wanted to grab her and carry her off
somewhere safe. and how much I wanted to kiss her."

Xander waggled his eyebrows at her, saying, "Yeah? I think Giles would
have had a heart attack!"

"Plus," Buffy went on, "When Willow put on that leather."

Xander smiled at the memory. "Yeah," he sighed. "She looked hot!"

"She *so* looked hot!" Buffy agreed with a sparkle of lust in her eyes.
She got a little excited just remembering it. She made a mental note,
"I definitely have to take that girl shopping soon!" She sighed and
said, "I wanted her that night. I was embarrassed, because I think
Angel knew it."

Xander was surprised that she was telling him this. Buffy had never
shared this kind of stuff with him before. 

"After, I went back into total denial. I convinced myself that Angel
was my soulmate- the one I was meant to be with," Buffy said.

Xander forced himself not to comment. He still had 'issues' with the
king of brood.

Buffy glanced peripherally at her friend and saw the distaste clearly
written on his face. She was a little surprised that he didn't comment.
She had a comment of her own that she thought he would agree with.
"Pretty sad, huh?"

"What?" Xander asked.

"That I tried to convince myself that I should be with a vampire, rather
than accept my feelings for Willow," she said.

Xander stopped and put his hand on Buffy's shoulder, stopping her as
well. "Buffy, are you ok?"

Buffy looked puzzled as she asked, "What do you mean?"

"Well." Xander began. "You've never shared this kind of stuff with me
before." Seeing her forehead wrinkle in a frown, he hastened to
reassure her, "I mean, I'm glad you feel comfortable with me like that.
really! It's just. you never have before."

"And you want to know what changed," Buffy said.

"I guess I'm curious," Xander said. "I mean, I think it's a good thing.
It's just unexpected."

Buffy started walking again. "I guess. I'm not so afraid anymore," she
said. She looked at Xander and saw his perplexed look. "I kept stuff
from all of you guys, my friends, my family, because. I was afraid. I
was afraid of rejection or of disappointing you or. I guess sometimes I
was afraid I was wrong, and I didn't want anyone telling me, cause then
I'd have to admit it to myself." She gave Xander a sidelong glance and
added, "You were always great at telling me stuff I didn't want to hear.
Most of the time it was stuff I needed to hear, even if I got mad at you
for saying it."

"Yeah, well. sometimes I said stuff that I didn't mean. or maybe I meant
it, but not as harsh as I said it," he explained. "Most people never
even meet their heroes. They don't get to see the. less than heroic
stuff."

"There's been enough of that, alright." Buffy said, ruefully.

"You're only human, Buffy," Xander said. Before she could protest, he
continued. "Yes, you're the Slayer, and you're fast and strong and you
can kick boatloads of demon-ass, but none of that makes you less human.
You're like human plus- everything human plus a lot more. but the
'everything human' part includes the deluxe screw-up package."

"I shouldn't have taken that option," Buffy joked.

"You know that I love you Buffy. Don't you?" Xander asked, suddenly
serious.

Buffy stopped again, momentarily worried that he might be talking about
in-love love. When she looked into his eyes she felt a lump in her
throat at the devotion she saw there. Her eyes shiny with unshed tears,
she smiled and said, "I love you too, Xander."

He smiled and nodded his head. "Good, just so that's clear." With that
they both began walking again.

========== BtVS ==========

"What about this one?"

Xander looked over at the video Buffy was holding up. He rolled his
eyes and said, "Don't you get enough of that at work? I thought we
talked about getting a comedy."

Buffy looked at the video and said, "But this *is* funny!"

"Come on Buff, Fright Night is not a comedy!" He overwhelmed her
protest, saying "Ok, ok! I'll agree, that it is mostly funny, rather
than scary. but I think that's only because it's us. When your life is
like scarier than all the horror movies rolled into one, they kinda lose
their edge."

Buffy looked hopeful.

"But." Xander went on, "I'd really rather watch a *comedy* comedy."

Buffy pouted, "Ok." and reluctantly put the video back on the shelf.

"How about this one?" Xander asked, holding up his selection.

Buffy wrinkled her nose, "Ferris Bueler's Day Off? Just because he was
your High School hero."

"Not hero," Xander corrected her. "You know you were and are my hero."

Buffy rolled her eyes.

"Ferris was more like. a role model," Xander explained.

Buffy went back to looking, trying to find something they might both
like. She saw Xander's hand move towards a certain movie and she
quickly said, "NO! No way, Xander. There's no way I'm watching that
again."

"But sair, It's waffer thin." Xander said in a bad French accent.

"I don't think so." Buffy said. "How about."

Xander took one look at the movie in Buffy's hand and recoiled in
horror. "Do you hate me, Buffy? Did I do something to make you really,
really mad?" he asked melodramatically.

Again Buffy pouted, "But I like Molly Ringwald!"

"It's not that I hate Molly Ringwald." Xander said. "But, come on!
Pretty in Pink?"

Buffy pouted even harder and even stamped her foot.

Sensing resistance on this issue, but refusing to cave-in to the dreaded
chick-flick, Xander offered a compromise. "Look, if you need a Molly
fix, how about The Breakfast Club, huh?"

Buffy's pout faded slightly as she considered his offer.

"Molly, Emilio, Ally. Judd Nelson back when he was funny." Xander
cajoled.

Buffy grinned at Xander's antics. "Ok, you've sold me. We shall watch
The Breakfast Club," she said as though proclaiming a royal decree.

They paid for the movie and left the store, headed back towards the
Summers' house.

Xander noticed that Buffy kept looking around as they walked; it was
like she was searching for something. He asked, "What? Is something
following us? More of Glory's scabby little minions?" He too started
to look into the shadows.

Buffy shook her head, "No. I just keep waiting for the other shoe to
drop."

"Whaddya mean, Buff?" Xander asked.

"Spike," Buffy stated. "I keep waiting for him to turn up, what with us
dusting Drusilla, and with what she told us about what happened to him.
I figure he'll try and find a way to do something. Despite the chip."

"Ah." Xander said.

Buffy heard a strange note in his voice and she asked, "Ah what,
Xander?"

He had been dreading telling Buffy about this. He didn't know why. it
wasn't like she wanted the creep around, but still. it was hard to tell
how Buffy would react to something like this. Ah, as in. Ah, I have a
confession to make."

Buffy's eyes narrowed, "Confession about what?"

"Well, see. it's like this."



========== BtVS ==========

"I never imagined you had it in you, Willow!" said the voice Willow had
long since come to despise whole-heartedly.

"What are you doing here?!" Willow demanded of the intruder. "I thought
we'd finally seen the last of you! Why can't you get it through your
thick skull that you aren't wanted here!"

"You took something that belongs to me, and now you're going to pay!"
she said, attempting, but failing, to speak in an evil voice.

Willow and Tara looked at each other; their anger at being interrupted
overshadowing their embarrassment at their state of undress. Willow
said, "What are you talking about? We don't have anything that belongs
to you!" Tara added, "I think you'd better leave. Now!"

"Right, who died and left you in charge?" the intruder asked Tara
haughtily. Turning to Willow again, she said, "I should have killed you
when I first got here!"

Tara stood up to shield her lover, who was apparently the target of this
attack. A small part of her was cringing in horror at standing naked
before someone other than her lovers, but mostly she was letting
Mistress Tara handle the situation. "Are you insane? Threatening
someone who belongs to me?"

"And what do you think you're going to do about it, Bitch!?" she asked,
her face changing from its human form to one much uglier.

She was shocked when instead of recoiling in fear, the two naked girls
began to laugh.

========== BtVS ==========

end part 5



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