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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure/Buffy the Vampire Slayer AU
Story Summary: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the story of the Slayer. In the words of Giles, "Into every generation is born a chosen one... she alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer." People like Giles were the Watchers, the English mentors of the Slayers. At least...that was the story.
Buffy found a way to unlock the sleeping power within all Potential future Slayers, chosen when the previous Slayer dies, and now the Slayers are many. Those who survived the last battle helped to form the next Watcher's Council and in other ways help the new Slayers. And for a while, they have gotten breathing room from the next Big Bad or apocalypse.
The peace is about to be broken, as the worlds of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Buffy the Vampire Slayer collide, bringing new allies and new threats. Heroes will find new strength within. Investigation of a certain stone mask sparks inquiries into the history of the ancient vampire relic, and some surprise discoveries are made along the way, including that of another legendary line of vampire hunters.
Chapter Summary: Pretty much the same as the title-a prophecy of blood.
Word Count: 958
Rating: K
Note: HERE THERE PROBABLY BE BUFFY/JJBA SPOILERS. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.
A/N: Don't worry, I'll try to be brief here. Fail, probably, but it's important to at least try to skim, just because some of these things are important. This is an AU, so it won't be canon compliant! Some changes are made on purpose for the sake of the fic, and will be explained in due time. Feel free to ask questions or constructively criticize! I'm working on reading the JJBA manga, and I've seen playthroughs of games based on Phantom Blood, Stardust Crusaders, Golden Wind, and All-Star Battle, complete with explanation, as well as the OVA of Stardust Crusaders, so I hope I at least have a feel for the series. In addition, I have a sensei who is a bit of a Jojo's expert here.
I wouldn't call myself a Buffy expert myself. I haven't seen it a million times or anything like that. I have marathoned it before, though, and I do have the advantage of having a Xander muse who just appeared and persistently just stayed. For quite a number of different ideas, and the Xander who appears for different fics is always slightly different.
Another note: unlike my usual, this is gen-fic. I don't think I could convey the awesomeness as well if it wasn't gen-fic. A few canon ships might show up, but other than that, if you're just here for the yaoi, you won't find any. That being said, the canon Xander/Dawn (of the comics) and Kennedy/Willow will not be making an appearance and barely be making an appearance, respectively.
ONE MORE THING! XANDER MUST DO RESEARCH!
If you aren't familiar with the cast of the other show, I'll be providing a cast of characters as they appear. Use it or not as you please. The first chapter is mainly an introduction to Buffy, since the Jojo's references so far will be explained later in the story. This particular universe is different from the original Jojo's, and the timeline has been changed to reflect this. I hope your adventure is quite bizarre. Enjoy!
CAST OF CHARACTERS Prologue
Willow-She's a witch who isn't really using her powers because she kind of got addicted to them. She's kind and is best friends with the oldest Slayer, Buffy, and Xander.
Althenea-She's one of the Devon Coven, and has premonition powers.
Devon Coven-This is the group of powerful witches that took Willow in after her issues with magical addiction and helped her recover.
Xander-He is the only male besides Giles from the original group, and also is a vanilla normal. Despite his anxieties on this point and self-professed cowardice, he is actually quite brave, putting himself in harm's way time and time again even though his role in such a case is essentially that of a punching bag, serving as a distraction. His mouth tends to get away from him in some situations, but his time spent in Africa as a Watcher finding Slayers made him realize that he's not completely useless on his own after all. He would gladly die for his friends.
Ken-Better known as Kennedy, the Slayer dating Willow.
Giles-The main Watcher of the series, at first appearing as a simple librarian or researcher. He was often bemused by the Americans he found himself surrounded with. However, when he was young, he was a rogue warlock himself, and is capable of a great deal to protect the ones he's come to regard as family.
"So, why am I here?" Willow asks curiously when Althenea's back is turned and she's pottering around the kettle. Not that she hasn't been enjoying herself, really. It's been a while since she's been able to do just girly things. Buffy's just been so busy, lately, and the Slayers aren't the same. She doesn't know them well, anyway. And Xander...well, he'd put up with it, for the sake of his friends, but he vastly didn't appreciate it, and he was in Africa anyway. Ken had about the same interest in girly hanging out as Xander did. She'd fake it for her girlfriend, and that was about it. At least with the members of the Devon Coven, they'd saved her life and worked with her a lot, so she felt like she actually knew them.
The slight shoulders stiffen slightly, then the witch laughs. "I suppose I wasn't that subtle. I can't exactly worry in secret."
"Worry?" Instantly Willow feels concerned. Out of all the members of the Coven, despite the talent for prophecy, Althenea usually managed to stay untouched by it all. "Nothing about the First, right? Because that would be bad, and be the sort of thing you of all people would worry about, and..." That would definitely be worrisome.
"No!" the brunette hastens to reassure her. "At least, I don't think so. The odd part about it is, I don't think it was meant for me. I think it was meant for you. And what little I saw wasn't exactly..." She shrugs helplessly and comes to sit next to Willow. "I invited you, partly because I was lonely and bored and wanted to hang out with a friend, and partly on pretext, because I can share it with you if you don't mind."
Willow nods, because it's for a friend. "This isn't bad for my..."
Althenea knows what she's going to say and shakes her head before she can even finish the sentence. "Odd as it is to say, I get the feeling that seeing the future is less magic than it's made out to be. And in any case, it's not exactly you in the driver's seat, dear. I'm just sharing what I see with you, though you might see more than I did."
It doesn't take much thinking. Okay, so prophecy's a dangerous thing, sometimes. But the one who's an expert on this stuff is encouraging her to do this, so... "What do I have to do?"
The Englishwoman beams brightly. "Mostly, just sit there and look pretty. I'm the one who's going to be doing all the work."
Willow blushes, but the instant the other woman takes her hands, it all begins to fade.
She becomes aware in front of the still smoking ruins of some sort of really impressive mansion. She'd guess it was somewhere in England, but she couldn't be certain of that. She's certainly never been there.
Slowly, she realizes that she's not alone. Someone's standing, tall and proud, watching the dying flames. As she walks closer, she recognizes the profile and wonders why it took her quite so long to identify this particular person. After all, it's only her best friend.
She's approaching his blind side, so she's about to say something to not startle him, but he speaks without even turning his head. "Don't worry, Wils. I'll always be your Xander."
"What? What's going on, Xander?" That's confusing. And how'd he notice her, anyway? He'd gotten leery of people approaching from the left for this very reason. It's as if he expected her to be here.
"Zathras warned them, but no one listens to poor Zathras, no." Finally he turned to look at her, and smiled wider than she'd ever seen him smile before. He's at ease, content. "It's just that I have a few things I need to get together."
"Don't tell me you're going to die." She pulls him into a hug, and he hugs her back, warm and comforting.
"Nope, never. I plan on living forever," he tells her, massaging her shoulders, trying to get her to relax. In a softer voice, he tells her, "You know, we really can't tell that. Yeah, it's a possibility, but...isn't it always?"
"Are you actually here?" she asks, because this is too Xander-y to not be Xander.
"I've always been here. I just haven't realized it yet." He smiles at her as he pulls away.
Struck by a sudden panic, Willow reaches out a hand, tries to catch his arm, tries to stop him from leaving, but though she can still see him, her hand goes right through him, like it had when she was briefly a ghost.
mask fanged but harmless
more important
but untrusting
council chambers, bright, unforgiving light
standing proud, unflinching, determined eye
sentence, and if he'd only back down but
betrayal lies secrets
no one is
all these places flashing
fated blood will fall crimson
and the one who sees does not see
so many things flying in the maelstrom of fate
it's no wonder she couldn't see
she could barely herself
if only they'd—wait
the arrow and
That's a body, lying there, broken, a body she used to know
why won't it speak
She startles awake, pulling her hands out of the other woman's, tears in her eyes. She can't exactly put a name to her nameless dread. It's starting to disappear already, but she knows Xander was there. She can barely stammer out a breathless thanks before requesting she be driven to the rail station immediately, and it seems Althenea understands her urgency because she agrees without a second thought.
She strides into Giles's office, interrupting him during the middle of yet another phone call, but it's urgent. "It's about Xander..."
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Date: 2014-05-23 01:48 am (UTC)Also EEE IT'S POSTED. I'M GEEKY AND HYPER AND COULD ALMOST NOT DECIDE WHICH MOOD TO CHOOSE.
~Dreamer~