Love Through Touch

Disclaimer: See Part 1
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Faith paced the training room. All the nervous energy thrumming through her wouldn't allow her to sit still for the research part of the deal. She needed to move.

"Don't wanna train?" Hyatt stood just inside the door way watching Faith do small stretches and kicks but not really doing much beyond that.

"Nah. Don't know what I wanna do right now" Faith confessed.

"Dance" Hyatt approached her swaying much like Drusilla would "It'll make all the stars happier" she drawled much like the insane vampire.

"That's spooky" Faith commented moving to the small CD/Radio "Got any tunes on ya?"

"In the car" Hyatt hopped onto the folded mats that the machine sat on.

"Like what?" Faith fiddled with the dial a bit looking for a radio station.

"A little bit of everything. I have a few burned CD's with a nice Mix" Hyatt shrugged.

"Grab 'em" Faith sighed and stretched "This stupid thing couldn't pick up static"

"Sure" Hyatt slid off ther impromptu seat "Just one or bring a couple?"

"Anything" Faith called as the girl disappeared from the room.

Hyatt moved quickly to the upper landing of the store, stopping only to tossle Jeanie's hair as she read yet another Demon Codex.

"Where are you going?" Jeanie stood ready to follow as Hyatt tried to leave.

"To my car to get some CD's" Hyatt swung the door open ringing the bell.

Anya looked up and dismissed her with a glance, going back to inventory.

"Can I come?" Jeanie rushed forward and grabbed her hand.

"I'm going to the car Jean. Not anywhere but the car" Hyatt shook her head "But you can come if you want"

"Don't steal her!" Anya called not even looking up "She's Xanders which makes hert mrt mine"

Hyatt chuckled and nudged Jeanie.

"Geez 'Mom' I'm only going to her car" Jeanie rolled her eyes and skipped out of the store.

Anya stood behind the counter stunned.
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Jeanie deactivated the alarm and opened the passenger door.

"Ha. I see you got the demon poop out of your seats" Jeanie laughed rummanging through the large CD book "Where is Orangi?"

"She's being spoiled rotten at a friends house" Hyatt joined the girl in the front seat. She began to pick her mix CD's out while Jeanie 'Ohhed' 'Ahhed' and squealed over her collection.

"Oh I have to listen to this!" Jean pointed excited at a red disc.

"Ok" Hyatt closed the book and grabbed a portable player from her back seat "Listen to anything you want" she handed both to Jeanie and slid from the car.

Jeanie moved to get out of the car and noticed a text sitting on the floor.

"You forgot a book" she pointed with her chin. Her hands were full already.

Hyatt glanced through the window "Nah that's yours. Remember Clareth gave it to you"

"Oh yeah" Jeanie blushed "I sorta forgot about it"

"That's ok" Hyatt reached in and grabbed it.
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Tara came back from the stacks just as Hyatt and Jeanie re-enter carrying their seperate boutnies.

"Another book?" Tara made a face.

"No. This one's Jean's" Hyatt dropped the book on the smaller table the children were provided with and made her way to the training room.

Faith was on the maoingoing one handed push ups trying to focus the unused energy.

"Not working?" Hyatt sp the the cd's out on the mat near the player.

"Nope" Faith hopped up and shadow boxed her way over.

Sifting through the disc's she smiled when she noticed most weren't labeled, and just had colors marked on them somewhere.

"Private system" Hyatt said nodding cryptically "So no one bws mws my cd's"

"What's on this one?" Faith held up a completely blank disc.

"Hmm. Joan Osbourne, Aaliyah, Incubus, Nine Inch Nails, lots of stuff" Hyatt shrugged "Slow, fast. Trash"

"Which Nine Inch Nails?" Faith gave the disc an approving look.

"Closer" Hyatt turned her back and skipped walked over the laid mats.

"Hell yeah" Faith slid the disc in "Which track?"

"Wait for it" Hyatt teased "It's worth it. But skip the first track"

Faith obediently skipped it, laughing when she heard the second "Jordan Knight?!"

"I like this song" Hyatt stuck out her tongue. Kicking off her shoe's she stretched in preperation.

Faith rolled her eyes and moved several paces behind her readying herself to follow.

On the beat of the bass Hyatt began her excersize.

Meticulously she began a series of kicks and punches, pausing and holding the position no matter what during the pauses in music.

Faith did her best to follow. Balancing in some of the position proved harder than Hyatt made it look and she tumbled to the ground more than once.

Her last fall caught Hyatt in the back of her knee bringing her down on the slayers legs.

Both squealed and laughed rolling away from each other.

"Ok Faith" Hyatt killed the music "You have 'no' balance"

"Please. You were dancing more than fighting" Faith waved her off trying to keep her macho persona after squealing like a prissy little girl with mud in her hair.

"Yeah. And I can balance too" Hyatt shoved the girl.

Faith landed hard on her ass and regain her feet quickly "Hey"

"You gotta learn to brace yourself. You'll be caught offgaurd alot. But if you brace you won't lose your stance" Hyatt explained. She closed her eyes and breathed deeply "Ok. Push me. Don't tell me where you are or when your gonna do it. Just push"

"Ok" Faith walked around the girl making her steps as light as she could. Coming up behind her and quckly moving to her side she shoved.

Hyatt wobbled but didn't lose her feet. Lashing out she knocked Faith to the ground again.

"Fuck!" Faith jumped back up "How do you do that?"

"You're always ready to attack. You gotta learn to defend" Hyatt rolled her shoulders "You attack me. I'll defend. Your a good fighter. You just suck at your defensive"

"I don't need defense. I take my enemies on. I don't wait for them to come get me" Faith shook her shoulders loosening them.

"Sometimes it's better to defend then offend" Hyatt stood still as Faith circled her.

Faith was looking for a blind spot. She knew people tended to tense when something disappeared into it. Coming just beyond Hyatt's left shoulder she sensed the girl straighten and attacked.

She grabbed Hyatt and pulled her back and down.

Twisting as Faith bent her backwards she kicked at Faith's ankles bringing them both down hard.

Faith landed on her belly and Hyatt on her back. Rolling away they both gained their feet.

Hyatt took the extra seconds it took Faith to stand to her advantage and attacked.

Sweeping out the slayers legs she brought Faith to her knees. Faith once again rolled kicking to keep Hyatt away from her.

Regaining her feet Faith eyed Hyatt for a second. Neither lost their stances.

"Your quick" Faith breathed "I'll give you that"

"You have no idea" Hyatt smirked.

Faith lashed out with a series of punches that Hyatt mostly blocked while volleying her own. Several hits landed while more didn't come close.

Finally Faith grew tried of the give and take and grasped Hyatt by the upper arms and tried to wrestle her down into the mat.

Unbeknownst to them, the grunt and general interesting sounds had drawn them an audience.

Buffy, Giles, Xander, Mycah and Willow watched them with a mix of amazement, interest, speculation, and outright lust.

Finally Faith pinned Hyatt for a matter of seconds thinking herself victorious.

Hyatt pushed up with her hips, arching her back and bracing her hands above her head. She executed a back walk-over with enough momentum the send Faith tumbling off her.

"What the hell was that?" Faith groused wincing at a few pulled muscles.

"Improv" Hyatt's eyes gleamed "It helps when someone gets too cocky"

"And your not cocky?" Faith began to circle her again.

"Not 'too' cocky" Hyatt teased.

Faith kicked at her back. Hyatt caught the leg and flipped her.

Faith spun out and landed gracefully on her feet.

"Nice" Buffy muttered watching the two go at it.

"She's quite skilled. If only her anger got the better of her less" Giles commented watching Faith's kicks and puches land and be blocked at a good ratio.

"What's happening?" Tara joined the spectators.

"They're kicking each others asses" Xander rubbed his hands together "And getting all sweaty doing it"

"Xander" the girls hissed.

Faith had Hyatt on the defensive. Tossing everything she could team together at the girl she pushed her further and further back.

Before long Hyatt came up against a wall.

Faith leveled a spin kick at her surprised when her foot impacted solid concrete, sending spasms down her leg.

Mycah bit her lip. She herself had done that before. She'd be walking funny for a few hours.

Hyatt dragged Faith back by her waist, counting on the weakened leg to counter her balance.

Faith came down hard, sprawled and out of breath. She fought Hyatt's attempt to pin her until the girl flipped her onto her belly and held her arms tight against her back, pressing a knee into her spine.

"Well" Buffy quipped "That took longer than I thought it would"

Hyatt looked at Buffy from her perch on Faith's butt and quirked a brow "I think I'm getting slower in my old age"

"How do you figure?" Buffy smiled.

"I beat you in half the time" Hyatt climbed off Faith.

The raven slayer was laughing too hard to gain her feet.

Willow coughed to hide a laugh, Tara blushed, Giles cleaned his glasses and Xander just sighed at the memory.

"You cheated" Buffy whined "You distracted me"

"I kissed you" Hyatt argued.

"Like there's nothing distracting about that?" Buffy placed her hands on her hips and glared.

"Would you rather I beat her that way?" Hyatt assumed the same position.

"No!" both Mycah and Buffy chorused.

Willow had no luck hiding her laughter then. Though she was nearly drowned out by Faith's hysterical laughter.

"Sometimes I wonder how we save the world at all" Giles muttered leaving the mostly hysterical group.
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After a while things cooled down.

The kids had fallen off the sleep at their table. Dawn had gone to Janice's, and the majority of the Scoobies resumed the research.

"Ok. Willow's light spells should weaken the shadows for a while" Giles paced before placing the text on the table "But this says that the sword of Arameth would in a way 'wound' them"

"Wound a shadow?" Buffy frowned "You can beat up shadows?"

"Well it wounds the one that weilds them" Anya explained perkily "You poke it. The Master of it gets poked" she nodded vigorously shooting Xander a look.

"Ok" Buffy looked around slightly overwhelmed "So we can poke a shadow with a sword. Shine a little light on it and what?"

"W-well we know that the holy water poured on the shadows also weaken them" Willow read from her rather detailed notes "Along with the sword and the light, we might be able to fight them.

"There'll be more than just shadows in that lair" Mycah sighed heavily "They can make things from them you know"

"Huh?" Buffy frowned "Whaddya mean make things?"

"You know how you make shadow puppets with your hands" Mycah demonstrated.

"Oh I love those" Xander raised his hand happily making a bunny.

Anya squealed and ducked behind the counter.

"Sorry" Xander blushed.

"Yeah well Anya's got the right idea" Mycah moved to a standing light and made the image of a bird. Whispering a small spell she released her hands from the shape and they all watched as the shadow literally flew across the walls of the store. It landed on the shadow of the counter.

"Oh my dear lord" Giles removed his glasses to clean them once again.

"What? What's she getting at?" Xander looked around nervously.

"The shadows. The come alive" Buffy explained.

"Teeth and all" Mycah nodded.
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Faith and Hyatt lay seperately on the mat, bobbing their heads to the single drum beat.

Faith mouthed along with the words "You let me violate you. You let me desecrate you, you let me penetrate you, you let let me complicate you"

Hyatt laughed as Faith mouthed the lyrics with a serious face.

"I wanna fuck you like an animal" they whispered together "I wanna feel you from the inside"

They laughed when they heard Mycahs plainitive "Oh god" from the other room, and Giles "My lord"

"I wanna fuck you like an animal, my whole existence is flawed. You get me closer to God" they sang along louder than they needed to.

"Turn that down there's kids out here!" Mycah groused.

Hyatt got up and turned it down a few notches. She was surprised to find Tara on the mat where she had been.

"I love this song" Tara said simply and began bobbing her head in time with Faith's.

Hyatt found a new spot, and continued the trend.

Before long they were listening to the lyricless segment of the song.

Faith rolled over to Hyatt and began tickling her mercilessly.

Squealing Hyatt rolled away. Faith rolled right behind her, getting in small pinches and tickles at slow intervals.

When Hyatt came upon the human wall that was Tara and quickly flipped up straddling the surprised witch and pulled Faith across Tara's belly.

Faith ended up face down with her butt up in the air thanks to Tara's presence beneath her.

"Faith's got this big swollen ego" Hyatt remarked smacking the startled slayer on her backside.

Tara started laughing when Faith squirmed and tried to get off her.

Hyatt grabbed one hand and Tara the other effectively keeping Faith in one place.

"Oh come one guys" Faith tried to reason with the two.

"Ok" Tara and Hyatt chorused and began spanking Faith's butt with their free hands.

Faith screamed, squealed and squirmed trying to get away from the onslaught of ass smacking fun. Rolling to one side she came against Hyatt tipping the girl backwards but not far enough to knock her off.

Tara quickly brought up her knee's keep Hyatt from going off backwards and gave the girl a brace for her back.

Faith's noise and language called the other Scoobies attention to them.

They looked up the find Buffy, Willow and a nearly drooling Xander in the doorway.

"Uh Hi" Hyatt waved sheepishly, her hand still resting on Faith's butt.

"What a threesome" Xander muttered.

He was immediately attacked by Buffy.

Faith and Hyatt exchanged a glance then looked at Tara you looked at both of them.

All three tilted their head at the thought.

"Ok. No. No thinking about...that" Willow pulled Buffy off a cowering Xander "Do you mind" she motioned towards Faith and Hyatt's positions on Tara's person.

As the rolled off the song started over.

Faith stayed on her back playing the minimal air guitar part in the song. She drew chuckle from all sides.

Xander thought it best to make a quick exit while Buffy wasn't trying to beat his head in.

Buffy, Willow and Tara watched in amusement as Faith and Hyatt writhed on the floor mouthing the lyrics and copying the music segments.

As the lyrics faded once again Hyatt caught Buffy's eyes and winked at her.

Slowly the slayer moved forward and straddled the darker girl. She began to kiss her as the music got deeper.

It let the other three women in the room in shock at the sight of the two on the floor, dry humping as if their lives depended on it.

"They really need to get laid" Willow remarked.

"I wanna get laid to this song" Faith smirked.

Tara started laughing "Me too"

Willow looked at her in surprise and abject horror "No"
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Much later Tara sat watching Hyatt teach Jeanie simple fighting stances.

She noticed how gentle her touch on the girl was. Guiding her gently step by step through preperation to finish of the kicks punches and sets.

"When can I learn that twisting back kick thingy Faith did" Jean demanded once they were finished and Buffy was calling for her.

"When your oh say 30?" Hyatt joked and began to gather her things.

"You're such a pooper" Jeanie hugged Hyatt and rushed out behind Buffy's retreating form.

Left alone Tara approached Hyatt and leaned on the standing mats beside her.

"When are you gonna come home?" Tara sighed when Hyatt's stance stiffened "You were here most of the day. You got along. There was no fighting. No Angel. No drama"

"No Angel" Hyatt sighed "I'm sure there'll be other Angels" facing Tara she bit her lip "I'll come home when I'm ready"

"When will you be ready" Tara crossed her arms. She mentally prepared herself to face off.

Hyatt noticed Tara get 'that' face and decided not to bug over anything "I dunno"

Tara sighed again and leveled a stare at her friend "You better find out"

"Or else what?" Hyatt chuckled.

"I'll beat you up" Tara managed to say straight faced.

"Ok" Hyatt chuckled "The day you can beat me. I'll come home. No fuss, no bother"

"Is that a promise?" Tara lifted a brow.

"It's a deal" Hyatt began to gather her cd's.

She missed the satisfied look, laced with speculation on Tara's face.
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