Please continue this. It's a brilliant piece of writing with two characters of differing personalities in a teacher pupil relationship. And a great put down of B & W & G.

*gentle nudge* still love this (see my earlier review), so just wondering if you'll be getting back to it soon.

i tend to like it

i tend to be glad :D

...now I can't help but wonder if this'll end up Ian/Xander.

And, yeah, you tell those whores what-for, Ian and Xander!

Nicely done.

More, More, More, (normal conversation will commence, when the awsomeness of this fic recedes)

I disagree with a few of the reviews. Willow *would* act like that, there is plenty of evidence in canon for such so it is plausible & certainly appropriate to follow that route in an AU. Also her "borrowing" his money for magic supplies, there is nothing to suggest that she didn't already do that when she was addicted to magic. She and Buffy continuously underestimated Xander, and he underestimated himself. I can also see Giles 'forgetting' about the money, counting on Xander to keep taking care of himself as he said he would. The end point is that all of these events are entirely plausible to me, and they work well within the auspices of this story.

I really like the concept behind this fic, and the story itself. Ian is one of my favorite Numb3rs characters & I wish we saw more of him. I do hope you'll continue this at some point.

*huggles lotses* I was beginning to wonder if I'd completely misread all the characters...glad SOMEONE understands :D

Love this so much.

Can't really see Willow being that out of character.

You had me with this story right up until this last chapter with the grossly exaggerated portrayals of Willow, Buffy and Giles. I understand when fics need to have characters make a break, but I lose respect for authors and stories when they take the easy way out and go the "poor, pitiful, you never loved me, you just used me" route. It's trite and boring.

I can buy that Xander is a lot more intelligent than he's been given credited for, but "genius" isn't true to him at all. In addition, Giles wouldn't cheat Xander out of a written contract; if for no other reason than he's not stupid enough to do so. And Willow, outright stealing money from Xander? That doesn't ring true, either.

I guess I'm not sure what you wanted us to get from this chapter? A reason for Xander to not be affiliated with the Council any longer?

Hm. I've done a minor alteration to the section on IQ (for full details, there's a comment I made on another review). For Giles, it was honestly more absent-mindedness than anything else. The man is running an international organization for finding, training, and guiding young girls. He has probably more than a hundred people on his salary at this point. Xander initially promised to live on his own savings and wait for back-pay...but Giles kept forgetting to add Xander to the payroll. And perhaps a little anti-Xander gremlin in the Watcher's Council (choose your least favorite BtVS character here) made sure the paperwork kept getting lost.

As far as Willow goes, I have no real explanation. Take that as you will. You're mostly right on the last count - the rather thin probability of this story would fall through if the Council came knocking to reemploy Xander. I wanted to give him a chance to kill human monsters, too.

I have no problem you making Xander intelligent, because he isn't stupid. But a genius he isn't.

minor editing has been made to that extent. and I rather agree with you.

YAY. Smackdown!Xander is always appreciated. Love it when the girls get their own.
And somebody had to say it at some point. They do tend to disregard him.
Is Dawn coming next, cause she would probably just say 'COOl, can I join?"

And that is why Buffy and Willow should never be in Xander centered stories. Love the fic

I don't like how you portray Buffy and Willow in this chapter. They seem to be very out of character. Is it because you want a valid reason for Xander to stay with FBI or just because you don't like Buffy and Willow? However it may be I must say I like how Edgerton handle them. He is a charming man. Dangerous and charming, quite a combination.