Stall for time

"Hey, uh, so, uhm, if you are right... and mystical mojo happens to Giles what happens to you?" Buffy asked. Diverting to conversation to keep from thinking about sexy thoughts and Xander.

Xander hmmmed as he swung his arms about, "Well, I wasnt exactly at ground zero, Buff. I was just kinda there, in the area."

"But I heard Giles say to hold her right before i heard the big magic explosion."

"Well, yeah. I mean..." Xander thought for a second, "so you get punted into the fancy furniture-"

"Armoire" Buffy supplied.

"Whatever, so despite the fact that magic demon lady put the hurt on me and Giles esrlier, we rallied and we teamed up. He got the ax, I supplied the diversion. I tackled her at the waist. Giles krept up all sneaky like. And as magic demon lady was busy beating the crap out of my back and forcing me further and further down her legs, Giles snuck up and struck the deathblow. At that point I was just kinda hugging her ankles. All the mojo fireworks happened five feet above where I was laying on the ground."

"So you dont think anything is going to happen. To you." Buffy pressed.

"I think I'm good. But what exactly would it mean to rejuvenate someone in the prime of their life anyways?" Xander asked. "I wonder if it would stack?"

"Stack?"

"Like plusing. Its not you, its you plus one. You're not just strong you are as strong as you and another you. You're not just fast, you are as fast as you and another you." Xander wondered.

"Huh. That... that would be pretty cool." Buffy nodded.

"Xander plus." Xander said with a grin. "That'll be me tomorrow."

"You hope." Buffy decided to broach the opposite side of it, they didnt tend to focus on the downside of things but they still needed to talk about it, "And if it does something bad?"

Xander hmmmed again and then with a shrug, and a silly smile. "Well, here's hoping it doesnt do anything to screw up my magic touch technique."

"Magic what now?" Buffy almost laughed.

"I finally got it down. Perfect technique. " Xander said confidently, seeing Buffy's perplexed look he explained, "Cordy, this last summer while you were, erm, away 'found' an old scroll about the secret magic touch technique. Part of a vaguely asian type mastering the pathways of energy in the body. Or whatever. Seemed like a scam but, again, whatever. Cordy wanted me to learn it and it did give me an excuse to massage her a lot... so... I read it a bunch. And practiced it a bunch. It was just the usual massage stuff but with a mojo twist. Reminded me of Chuin from Remo Williams and his magic touch. " Xander shrugged, "But towards the end... Cordy really got to, uh, reaaaaally like my magic technique."

"What's to like? A massage is just a massage. Yeah, they feel good but... what made yours so special?"

Xander smugly smiled at Buffy, "Like I said. I have perfected Perfect technique. Mastery over the pathways of the energy of the body."

"Yeah?" Buffy looked unconvinced.

"Do you want a demonstration?" Xander asked.

"Kinda have my hands full here." Buffy jostled Giles, making the **** man groan in her arms.

"Let me "open your third eye" as the scroll called it." Xander stepped in front of Buffy and stopped.

"Fine." Buffy sighed.

Xander reached out and with his middle and forefinger extended with a psuedo martial arts style flair pressed his fingers to the spot between Buffy's eyebrows. He held them there for a second and then pushed slowly.

"So what's suppooooooohhhh." Buffy shut her eyes tight, her whole body shivered, and with a jerk stumbled back from Xander's fingers on weak legs. It was too much. Everything felt... it was... alive... on fire... but pleasurable... too much.

"Perfect technique." Xander grinned using a Chuin's tone and accent from Remo Williams.

"Holy shit." Buffy gasped for breath. That was... she hated to admit it... better than sex with Angel. And all Xander had to do was touch her forehead?

"I'm not exactly Chuin. But I'm getting there." Xander teased with that fake korean accent and style of speech. He looked at Buffy who had backed up several steps and then down at Giles, who Buffy had dropped. "You dropped Giles."

Buffy's euphoria crashed as she looked at her Watcher lying on the ground. "Shit."