Rookie Mistake (X-Men)

Title: Rookie Mistake

Author: Jedi Buttercup

Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not.

Rating: PG

Summary: B:tVS/X-Men. He seemed just like another animal to her. Double drabble.

Prompt: For TTH FFA pairing Kendra/Wolverine, and tthdrabbles #59 "oops".

Notes: Set during the "What's My Line" episodes from Buffy Season 2; indeterminate time/canon for X-Men.

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"Kendra! No!" Buffy blurted, rushing to grab the other Slayer's arm before she could stake her victim. "I thought you said you *weren't* going to just attack people randomly?"

Kendra frowned. "But dis one isn't human. I saw him get back up from a wound dat would have killed a normal man!"

"So maybe he isn't a normal man," Buffy replied. "That doesn't mean he's evil!"

"What, like your *boyfriend*?" Kendra sneered. "Or is dis one your boyfriend, too?"

"Hey, ladies," the man hanging from Kendra's fist by his shirt-collar interjected. "Do you think maybe I can get a word in edgewise here?"

"No!" Both Slayers yelled at him, then turned back to each other.

"He's from a place that teaches mutants," Buffy explained. "They thought I might be one. The Sunnydale press doesn't report much in the way of truth, but some things make the news."

"Mutants," Kendra spat. "More like demon hybrids."

"Hey!" A strange metallic sound came from their guest, like a sword sheathing in human flesh, and suddenly there was a blade inches from Kendra's throat. "I'm as human as you are, lady."

Buffy sighed and pried them apart. "Would it help if she said 'oops'?"

-fin-