Author's Note: Okay this is my very first Fan Fic Ever so please be gentle but not too gentle (as criticism helps us improve) Questions, comments, and criticisms are all welcomed. I have most of the story planned out. Depending on how this chapter goes, I will be continuing this story.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or ideas that came off the show BTVS.

Enjoy.

After the short-lived moment of peace, which Giles had ruined by mentioning another hell mouth, they had quickly made their way back onto the school bus and taken off leaving the hellhole behind.

The reality of the battle for the world was evident; not only in their faces but within the wounds they carried. Buffy's mind was racing. She felt responsible for every person on the bus. She glanced over to the seat across from her own. Faith was tending to one of the potential's wounds. She was trying to be as gentle as possible to alleviate the poor girl's wound. Buffy felt some form of comfort knowing that at least in the few hours to come she wouldn't be alone; the only girl in all the world. This feeling wasn't due to the powerful spell Willow had successfully casted in the fight against evil. They had managed to change the course of the slayer line forever. No longer was only one girl to carry the fate of the world on her shoulders. However knowing that Faith was there was more comforting than the potentially hundreds of new slayers.

At that very moment that particular slayer was staring right at her and trying to get her attention.

"B you okay?" Faith asked as she finished up cleaning the mess around one of the wounded slayers.

Buffy was still wrapped up in her thinking and failed to reply.

"Earth to Buffy?" Faith once again tried to get Buffy out of her trance and slid to the seat next to the older slayer.

"Um Sorry. Yeah I'm fine" Buffy said a bit embarrassed.

"Five by five?" Faith pressed the question some more.

"Yeah" Buffy stated.

Faith then proceeded to press two of her fingers onto Buffy's upper abdomen

"Damn it Faith" Buffy said in a whisper more so in pain than anger.

"Yeah and you call that being okay?"

Buffy was becoming extremely annoyed with Faith. "Slayer here remember?" Buffy argued and pointed at her self "We have supper healing powers remember?"

Faith fully knowing how stubborn the blonde could be tried to reason with her.

"Yeah I know. ." she pointed at her self as well ". . but I also happen to know that those kind of wounds don't heal quite as fast, even with slayer healing." Faith absentmindedly rubbed over the scar she knew she had courtesy of the stubborn slayer in front of her.

Buffy's mood changed quickly from being stubborn to sadness and Faith fully picked on that change. She silently cursed her self from bringing up a painful memory in their shared past. She didn't want to back track in their slow recovering relationship. Since she had showed up in Sunnydale, Faith had done everything she could to show them how much she had changed and how she wasn't the old Faith they despised. She knew a few good gestures wouldn't be enough nor would she expect them to. However Faith hoped that she could have a chance at redemption, and a chance to right her wrongs.

After the incident with her fake watcher, the two slayers had sealed the bad memory away and had moved on. They had become close. Do to their unexplained slayer connection; they seem to be one supper slayer. When they went out on patrols there was no group of vampires large enough to stand up against them. They moved so fluidly with each other it was natural and to anyone looking in from the outside, they seemed to have their own art form unique to them.

They had helped each other improve and get pass barriers they both had. Buffy had helped Faith trust and gave her a friend, which Faith welcomed with open arms. Faith had broken through Buffy's and made her realize that being a slayer was as much more of a gift than a curse and that had lead Buffy to take a better outlook on her fate as a slayer. The two girls had improved each other's lives. To an extent, the two slayers lived in their own world that no one seemed to penetrate. Unfortunately their world was bust open with the tragic death of Allen Finch. The rest was just a mess of bad choices, regrets, and unnecessary bloodshed.

"Faith?" Buffy was the one to speak again after a brief moment of silence. She saw the sadness written all over the raven-haired slayer. "Faith are you okay?" and proceeded to tap her gently on the shoulder.

"Five by Five B" Faith answered

"Faith, I'm.. Well, I want to. . ." Buffy was trying to find the right words.

"Listen B, It's been a really long couple of days. You are hurt; we are on a bus full of wounded girls. Please just let me take care of your wound?" Faith pleaded.

Buffy looked up to meet Faith's eyes determined to apologize to the younger girl but Faith spoke first.

"B I promise we can talk about whatever you want later, just let me do this?" Faith asked more so begging as she held up several gauzes.

Hearing the urgency in Faith's voice Buffy decided to let her patch her up. Being honest with her self, Buffy did need attention to her wound. The First had done more damage than she had lead everyone else to believe. It surprised her how everyone else had believed her but Faith had seen right through it and was now being annoyingly concerned with it.

"Okay fine but a promise is a promise" Buffy said as she turn to give Faith access to her wound.

"Of course B." Faith then gently started to move Buffy's shirt upwards to get access to the offending injury. Her hands betrayed the calmness her face was trying to convey. To Faith, this was more than just patching up a wound or helping a fellow slayer. She was helping Buffy, THE BUFFY. The Buffy she still held very confusing emotions for. Faith suppressed her emotions and was relieved when Buffy helped hold up her shirt above the wound.

"Shit B, This looks awful" Faith said as her entire wound was uncovered.

"Thank you Captain Obvious" Buffy said trying to lighten the mood and trying to distract her from the pain she was having do to the said wound.

Faith grabbed some disinfecting wipes from her makeshift kit and handed them to Buffy.

"Sorry B, I didn't think it was that bad, here wipe it down"

Buffy obeyed her unexpected nurse and carefully began to tend to her own wound while Faith searched form some gauzes and when she found them opened them up and motioned for Buffy to stop her obviously painful cleaning of the wound.

"Let me know if this hurts B" Faith said as she began to gently pat down the wound with several pieces of gauze. While one hand was busy with the wound her other hand absentmindedly gently rubbed the skin around the wound in an effort to sooth the older slayer. The actions might have been unnoticed by Faith but Buffy was fully aware of the slayer's actions. Buffy watched as Faith dried her wound and almost seemed to hold her breath every time the gauze made contact with the wound trying to be as gentle as possible.

Fait in deed spent much of the time holding her breath and putting her well toned muscles to use to control any shaking that would cause the beautiful slayer before her any pain. 'Wait beautiful?' faith thought to herself.

"Wow" Faith's said out loud which startled Buffy out of her own musings.

"What?" Buffy asked fearing something else was wrong with her wound.

"Um. . Nothing sorry" Faith said trying to cover for her slip-up "The wound is pretty bad B, if it had been anyone else . . ." Faith let the notion hang in the air.

As Faith finished up wrapping a bandage around the blonde she allowed her hands to linger on Buffy's well-toned abs. The action didn't go unnoticed by the owner of those abs.

"Thanks" Buffy stated as she let her shirt fall over the bandaged wound to cover her torso once again.

"I do what I can B"

"Faith, . . " Buffy said as she placed her hand on the younger girl's arm "Thank you for everything"

Buffy was trying to make Faith understand how much she really appreciated her, not only for the patch up work but for being there through the past couple days. She had been engulfed by a terrifying darkness due to the First's constant torture. The dark fog had seemed to lighten up when Faith had showed up.

"Any time B" Faith said and then smiled " but next time you plan on closing off a hell mouth I get my own room got it?"

Buffy nodded and smiled right back. Then faith slid out onto the small isle and made her way towards the front of the bus to help other wounded slayers, leaving Buffy wrapped up in her thoughts.

In Buffy's eyes, Faith had changed so much over the years. She remembered the first night they met. Faith had been such a scary idea. She remembered how she lived in fear for Faith's life because she knew how Faith had entered her life. The tragic death of Kendra had brought Faith to her doorstep (or more like the Bronze). The new slayer seemed so worldly and confident. Buffy had envied her and it wasn't till Keiscos that Buffy saw the vulnerability that Faith carried within her. That night when Faith was ready to bolt, Buffy had made her self a personal promise to watch over her sister slayer. Seeing Faith so broken from the appearance of the old vampire ripped her heart apart. Buffy never wanted Faith to be so broken as she had seen her then. However the Fates had played a cruel joke and made Buffy Faith's personal torture device. After the tragic murder of Allen Finch, Buffy tried to reach out to Faith. She tried to help her and face it together, but Faith had chosen to turn away from their unique friendship, which at a level broke Buffy.

If she was to be honest with her self, Buffy knew that Faith's arrival with Willow had been a pure blessing. Her life had been out of control and on a very fast spiral down. When Faith arrived, the spiral seemed to slow down and her spirit seemed lifted just by the mere presence that Faith provided. She was skeptical about Faith's intentions but Faith rose to the challenge of leading the girls and even though it had been a trap, Faith had ended up on the brink of death trying to protect all of them, including Buffy. She hadn't really though much about that incident but now that she did, Buffy remembered Faith talking to her when she was still in and out of consciousness. Faith had told her that she was glad it had been her who had been in the trap rather than Buffy. This of course further led Buffy to believe in Faith once again. The idea that Faith was good and was trying to right her wrongs gave Buffy a good feeling that made her feel really good. She also remembered when she had originally been wounded during the battle against the First. She had locked eyes with Faith and passed on the scythe. She saw a strange look on Faiths face that reminded her of the way Angel looked at her.

'Interesting' Buffy thought to her self. 'Why would Faith remind me of Angel?' She then turned her sight to look at Faith and realized that the younger slayer seemed to not only had the same look Angel had but that in turn the younger slayer seemed to have the same effect the once soulless vampire had on her.

At this time Faith looked up to steal a couple glances at her favorite slayer.

Willow, a few rows behind Faith watched as first Buffy looked up to watch Faith, and then Faith watched Buffy.

"Hey Baby? you know Faith pretty well don't you?" Willow asked Kennedy who had an armed protectively wrapped around her witch.

"Well I wouldn't say we are best pals. How come?" Kennedy replied to her girlfriend's odd question

"Well. . I had this crazy though. . " Willow said shyly.

"What is it?"

"Well I think I might just be tired. . After all I did just cast a very strong spell and plus we are on a bus full of wounded slayers, and I do feel really tired and. . . "

"Honey you are babbling" Kennedy cut Willow off.

"Oh sorry . . . Well I think Faith was checking Buffy out a couple of seconds ago and I think Buffy did the same earlier. Is that crazy or what?" Will said in a playful tone.

"Well yeah It's kinda obvious isn't it?" Kennedy replied.

"Huh?" Willow asked confused

"Faith and Buffy they have history don't they?"

"Well yeah " willow stated "but not like kissing more like stabby history" Willow said making a stabbing motion.

Kennedy let out a soft chuckle. "Babe if those two don't have THAT kind of history, then I'm not a slayer." She then scooted closer to her beautiful red head "I bet you those two will be like this sometime in the near future."

Willow was shocked and skeptical. Little did she know that her blonde best friend was at that very moment realizing that Kennedy was right.

So? What do you guys think? Should I continue? Or should I just give up on my writing career for good?