Love Through Touch

Disclaimer: See Part 1

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Hyatt stood in the training room in the back of the Magic Box considering the mats.

Tara sat up against a nearby wall, watching the small jerks and shifts her arms made to the music in her head.

"Are you actually gonna work out or just stand there staring all day?" she taunted.

Hyatt shot her a smirking glance and shrugged "What do you think?"

Tara made a face at her "Just do something besides standing there looking demented"

"I 'am' demented" Hyatt rolled her eyes and bobbed her head.

"But now you 'look' that way" Tara teased wiggling her tongue.

"So 'that's' why Red's so fond of you" Faith smirked coming in.

Hyatt made another face and turned around to begin stretching.

"Partly" Tara said said confidently.

"And the other part?" Faith asking giving the girl a once over. She'd changed alot since she'd first met her.

"Is in my pants" Tara said gleefully.

Faith's smirk dropped.

Hyatt chuckled.

Buffy coughed to cover a laugh, and startled them all.

"Oh don't end your fun on account of me" Buffy walked up to Hyatt "I just wanted to see what my girl was up to"

"Meaning you just wanted to grope her" Tara said under her breath.

Only Faith was close enough to hear her.

Buffy took Hyatt into her arms, pressing firmly against her "I'm going out. Do you wanna train or come with?"

"I'll train. You know get all the 'sitting around and being tested on' kink out of my system" Hyatt wrapped her arms around the slayers shoulders bringing her in for a sweet kiss.

Buffy sighed and leaned in for a second deeper kiss, and hugged her, before turning to Tara.

"I'll stay with Hyatt" Tara smiled and shrugged "to make sure she actually 'trains'"

"Cheeky" Hyatt rolled her eyes.

Faith cracked a smile.

"Okay, well Willow's coming with, and everyone else has turned me down so-" Buffy waved and made for the door.

"Wanna spar?" Faith asked giving Hyatt her best bad girl look.

"Think you can handle me?" Hyatt taunted.

"Oh your such an old pro" Faith smirked "What are you 17?"

"19, and I've trained longer than you have" Hyatt said stretching her arms and finally her legs. She slid into a split, impressing Tara and causing Faith to roll her eyes.

"Same age as me, and I could still kick your @ss" Faith shook her head stretching herself.

"If you can get your leg that high" Hyatt tossed back. She brought her legs together and kicked out and back unto her feet.

"My money's on Hyatt" Tara remarked with a kind smile at Faith "I saw her beat Buffy"

"Buffy fights clean" Faith remarked turning to the slightly smaller girl "and I've learned a few things"

Hyatt shrugged "Bring it on"
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"Buffy, does Hyatt seem different to you?" Willow asked staring donw into her lap.

"What do ya mean Wills?" Buffy said glancing over at her friend.

"Well, they both seem different to me" Willow leaned back in her seat.

"You just worry too much Willow" Buffy reached over and patted her friends leg "We got them back, they're fine"

"I don't know Buffy" Willow pouted into her lap "It all just seems so different"
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"Okay I don't wanna clean fight" Anya stated playing ref once again "I wanna see some down and dirty fisticuffs"

Faith rolled her eyes, Hyatt chuckled.

"The first on their butt loses. No time limit. So "let to booty's hit the floor!" Anya said and stepped back dropping her arm.

Faith and Hyatt assumed respectful positions facing each other. With a small bow from each, the began.

Faith came at Hyatt with a quick succession of punches hoping to force her back and unbalance.

Hyatt used her own tactic against her. Stepping back out of range, she waited until Faith threw her measured punch and stepped into it. The fist flew by her face centimeters from her cheek. She stepped into Faith's personal space causing her to step back on inst.
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Faith quickly brought up a fist to try and move Hyatt away from her.

Hyat blocked the punch and grasped her arm twisting it back and forcing Faith behind her, leaving both their backs vulernable.

Faith panicked at being in an suddenly unfamiliar position and swung around quickly. Too quickly.

Hyatt used it against her and flipped Faith over her shoulder.

Faith's slayer agility was the only thing that kept her on her feet. She met Hyatt's spin kick with a block, throwing her own punch in.

They sparred for several minutes, niether of them landed one hit.

"Okay I'm done playing with you" Faith snarled. She bombarded Hyatt with kicks and punches, actually driving her back a few steps.

Tara watches astounded by how fast Faith was throwing and how fast Hyatt was blocking.

Suddenly it all took a dramatic turn.

Hyatt slipped by Faith and once again flipped her over. Faith landed facing the slightly smaller girl with a surprised look. She hadn't seen her move.

Anya began cheering and chanting "Drop her now" drawing the attention of the people outside the training room.

Hyatt threw an incredibly fast barage of kicks and punches at Faith, much like the girl had done to her. She drove Faith back and off balance for as long as she could before throw an ariel spinning back kick the unbalanced Faith enough to knock her on her backside without actually touching her.

Hyatt landed in a standing attack position looking anything but amused.

Faith sat on the floor staring up at the girl in surprise.

"Wow" Cordy said breaking the silence "You beat you without touching you"

Faith swung an annoyed glare Cordy's way and turned back around "You gotta teach me that kick"

"Your not ready for it" Hyatt said giving the other girl a measured look "You still lose your temper, and you lose your fight. Your not ready for it yet"

"Oh don't tell me what I'm not ready for!" Faith yelled leaping to her feet "I saved your life!"

"You helped me fight. There was no life saving on any type done" Hyatt corrected.

Faith huffed "Fine" she angrily stomped from the room out into the main store.

Madison pulled Cordy out of the doorway before she could get trampled by the angry slayer.

"Hello. Home Training 101. Get with it Faith" Cordy remarked.

Faith merely sent her a dirty look.

"If looks could kill she'd be looking at 5 to 10 about now" Anya stated.

Giles cracked a grin at her timely (for once) addition.

"She's gonna b*tch and moan over that one" Madison advised Hyatt as she grabbed a towel to wipe the sweat off.

"Let her" Hyatt rolled her eyes.
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"What could they possibly be doing that would keep them away for three hours?" Giles complained after once again having to tell an embarassing story about his childhood.

"Aw tired of playing with the girls G-man?" Jean asked looking up from the demon codex she wasn't supposed to be reading.

"Do not call me that" Giles cleaned his glasses "I'm aware that you 'look' like Xander. But it doesn't mean you should 'act' like him as well"

Jean smirked and went back to reading.

"Truth or Dare Madison?" Giles asked giving the girl a vengeful look. He swore he'd never walk like a wowithwith a book balanced on his head again after telling his mother he was quiting ballet. Which he have told them as well.

"Dare Watcher boy" Madison taunted.

They all sat around the table nursing soda's and waiting for the Slayer and Willow to return.

Madison and Cordy were practically in the same chair, Anya sat in Xander's lap, Dawn was seated closely with Tara who was playing nudging Hyatt towards Faith who refused to speak with her. Giles sat between Xander and Faith at Anya insistence.

"I dare you to dress in drag and pick up women 'for' Cordelia" Giles said standing and walking away from the table and all the astonished looks "Now top 'that' with your embarassing questions"

Faith choked back a laugh before pressing her lips together. Hyatt raised a brow, Tara buried her face in her hands, and Dawn blushed.

"He might have you there" Jean added knowing Giles would remark about her speaking up.

"Jean you really should" Giles paused when he caught what she said "Agree with me more often"

"Truth or Dare Hyatt" Madison said eying Cordelia as the other girl did the same.

Hyatt opened her mouth to answer when the bell above the door jingled and Buffy and Willow entered.

"Buffy! Willow!" Tara and Hyatt yelled at the same time and rose from their seats to greet them.

"Saved by the bell" Xander muttered.

Jean giggled when she heard him.

Xander looked down at the child as she looked up at him. He wouldn't lie and say the little freckled face of what would have been him as a girl, gave him a slight wiggins. But the kid was alright. She tormented Giles, teased Anya, and treated everyong else as if she'd known them forever.

"What?" Jean scrunched her nose and crossed her eyes "Is there something on my face?"

Xander reached down and rubbed across her nose "Nope just staring"

Jean frowned playfully and went back to her codex.

"So whatcha guys doin?" Willow asked sharing a chair with Tara.

Hyatt grimmaced from where she sat between Buffy's legs.

"I asked Hyatt Truth or Dare" Madison replied smiling too sweetly at Hyatt.

"Dare?" Hyatt hoped she wouldn't regret it.

"I dare you to do the 'thing' to Buffy" Madison sat back self-satisfied.

"The 'thing'?" Hyatt tilted her head unsure of what her friend was talking about.

"You know 'the thing' you do" Madison said puckering up for a fake kiss.

"Oh 'that' thing" Hyatt said smiling. She suddenly frowned "Not in front of everyone"

"Oh come on. You never used to care" Madison pointed out.

"Yeah come on do the 'thing' to me" Buffy egged her on.

Hyatt looked the slayer in the eye and sighed "Okay, but just this once. Next time I'm doing this privately"

"Oh yay" Buffy blushed slightly "Is this a 'really' personal 'thing'?"

Hyatt stood pulling Buffy up with her "It can be"

She turned so that Buffy was against the table and lifted her on. She bent low and removed Buffy's slid on tennis shoes, and braced her hands on either side on her hips.

"Ok don't freak out" Hyatt said into her ear.

"About wha-"

Hyatt's lips cut Buffy's question. She moaned softly and grabbed Hyatt's shoulders.

"Watch her feet! Watch her feet!" Madison said pointing down.

Everyone moved just in time to watch Buffy's toes curl.

"Oh my goddess that must be some kiss" Tara breathed "I'm almost jealous"

Both Buffy and Hyatt began to laugh at the revelation. Pulling apart the continued until Buffy was laying across tabltable and Hyatt was sitting loosely in the chair.

"I just have two questions" Buffy swallowed trying to catch her breath "1: Why haven't you done that before? and 2: How does Madison know about it?"

The whole room fell silent.

"Well that's a long, involved story" Hyatt whispered.

"Yeah, the kind you have to tell in private" Madison added.

"This is private" Buffy pointed out "Everyone I know is right here"

"Mycah's not" Faith said pointedly.

"Okay almost everyone I know" Buffy amended.

"Where were you for the last 3 hours?" Giles said finally returning from where-ever he'd disappeared to.

"Uh that's a long involved story" Buffy parroted Hyatt's earlier comment.

"The kind that should be told in public" Jean said popping up next to Xander.
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