However, his relationship with Buffy gradually disintegrates, and in Season Five he leaves to join another army unit.

In the show's final episode " Chosen ", Buffy shares her power with her fellow Slayers before leading them into an epic battle against an army of Turok-Han vampires.

The story sees Buffy and her army of Slayers magically transport themselves to Oz's sanctuary in Tibet to escape the pursuit of her masked enemy, the mysterious " Twilight ".

In the canonical comic book continuation of the series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight ( 2007 – 2011 ), Xander comes to achieve these goals in becoming the tactical leader of a global army of Vampire Slayers alongside Buffy.

Thanks to Harmony, Buffy and her Slayer army were publicly outed by Anderson Cooper on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 ° later that day.

After Willow's activation spell is completed, Kennedy joins Buffy and the other Potentials in the final battle against the First Evil's army of Turok-Han as a fully activated Slayer.

However, her happiness is short lived when she realises that the town is overrun with vampires, since Buffy was never there to prevent the success of the Harvest and the Master has risen and created a vast army of vampires, which terrorize the surviving humans.

Kennedy takes the scythe to Buffy, who is deep in the fight with Faith and Spike against the army of the Turok-Han, numbering in the thousands.

Willow asks Buffy what she saw, and the vision is shown to the viewer: Inside the Hellmouth, the First has an army made up of thousands of Turok-Han vampires.

The novel Queen of the Slayers ( 2005 ) by Nancy Holder offers a potential follow-up to the television series ; set after season seven, it depicts Buffy living in Italy with the morally ambiguous Immortal.

* Crouse outlined her view of Maggie's relationships with Riley and Buffy, " Her teaching assistant Riley is really the child she never had, and there's probably confusion there that he's a potential something for her that's slightly out of her reach, but she's willing to prevent anyone else from being interested in him.

Kennedy is introduced as a " potential Slayer ", one of many girls who might become endowed with supernatural abilities, destined to battle evil creatures such as vampires and demons, like protagonist Buffy Summers.

In the series finale of Buffy, Willow magically activates the potential in all girls like Kennedy to become full-fledged Slayers, like Buffy.

In the episode " Dirty Girls ", Caleb murders two potential Slayers ( One being Molly ; one of the first potentials to appear in the series ) and effortlessly defeats Buffy, Faith, and Spike.

" However, the shooting script for the final episode on the show originally included a much longer speech by Buffy to the potential Slayers, including the line " It's true none of you has the power Faith and I have.

His Twilight persona was in fact a ruse designed to distract the members of the anti-Slayer movement most likely to attack, thus limiting the potential destruction that would have been caused if those factions struck independently while trying to keep the deaths of the Slayers to a minimum, all while he pushes Buffy towards some unknown goal.

These parts propelled her to larger roles: a part in the film Bring It On Again, the starring role in June, and a recurring guest spot as potential Slayer Vi on television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a recurring role that is still occasionally utilized in that show's eighth season comic book series.

Having little else to go on, Buffy shadows Gage as the potential next target while Willow interrogates Jonathan.

Giles and Buffy return to the house to find the three potential slayers hanging out in the kitchen.

The potential Slayers get weapons while Andrew tries unsuccessfully to convince Buffy and Xander to untie him.

Willow informs Buffy about another potential Slayer in town and Buffy rushes off with Xander to pick the girl up before the Bringers do.

Buffy and Xander knock at the room where the latest potential slayer is staying.

Buffy tries to keep the potential Slayers calm, but they continue to worry about whether they are prepared to handle anything that lies before them.

Willow and Xander lead the potential slayers, as well as Dawn and Andrew to a safe location while Buffy turns and attacks the Turok-Han.

The Turok-Han appears, proving that it decided to go after the easier potential Slayers instead of Buffy.

Kennedy prepares to attack the vampire, but then bright lights flood the site and Buffy appears as the potential Slayers move back to watch from a distance.

The potential slayers begin to worry as Buffy ends up on the losing end of the fight, but Willow tells them to wait.

Back in the basement, Buffy checks on Spike again and they talk about the potential causes of the chip's glitches.

Willow appears to Buffy and Xander, who are in charge of thousands of Slayers, a year after the destruction of Sunnydale.

In the Tales of the Slayers comic one-shot " Broken Bottle of Djinn " ( 2002 ) by Doug Petrie and Jane Espenson, Buffy battles a spirit in Sunnydale High, while the Tales of the Vampires comic book story " Antique " ( 2004 ) by Drew Goddard sees her breaking into Dracula's castle to rescue Xander from the infamous vampire.

In Season Eight ( 2007 – 11 ), it establishes Buffy is not living with the Immortal in Rome which is simply a cover story to ensure her safety as she is now the leader of a global organization which recruits and trains Slayers to deal with demonic threats worldwide.

A pariah in the community of Slayers and former witches, Buffy moves to San Francisco where she lives with her sister and Xander, and resumes her former duties as Slayer: patrolling at night for vampires.

He is proud of this accomplishment despite the fact that his victories had more to do with the Slayers ' state of mind than a special prowess on his part ( or " luck ," as he reveals in Buffy episode Fool for Love ).

He explains to Buffy he was able to defeat two Slayers because he sensed and exploited their secret desires to be free of their burden.

It is established that, after the events of " Chosen ", Giles travels to Europe with Buffy to train new Slayers.

In the canonical comic book continuation of the series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, the Scooby Gang has expanded into a global organization, training approximately five hundred Slayers spread over ten squads.

Giles goes to warn Faith as Duncan states this is the fate that Slayers deserve for rejecting the Watchers Council, especially Buffy, reminding Giles that Buffy's relationship with Angel resulted in Jenny Calendar's death.

Buffy, Willow, Andrew and the Slayers manage to locate Kenny and confront him about the curse, but he flees, only to show up later alongside Buffy to rescue Dawn.

At the end of the story, Dawn and Buffy mend their underlying issues, particularly that Buffy is now responsible for hundreds of Slayers and cannot devote her attention to Dawn.

Oz and a number of other werewolves assist the rendered-powerless Slayers when Twilight's armed forces attack, though Oz subsequently remains with his family when Buffy and her company depart once again.

In Queen of the Slayers, forces conspire to kill Buffy for destroying the Hellmouth in Sunnydale.

He eventually resumed his position as Dracula's loyal manservant at the vampire's Translyvanian castle for several months, before Buffy and two new Slayers rescue Xander.

In Season Eight, Xander leads the Slayers and operates their central command in Scotland ; Buffy describes him as her unwilling " Watcher ".

In the " Retreat " ( 2009 ) story arc, Warren and Amy assist Twilight in tracking Buffy and Willow's movements through their use of magic, forcing the group into hiding in Tibet, where they learn to suppress their abilities, leading to an all-out brawl between Twilight's military forces and Buffy's depowered Slayers.

Unlike the long line of Slayers before her, Buffy accomplishes this with the help of her friends ( dubbed the Scooby Gang ), including her Watcher, Giles, who is also the school librarian.

During a large battle between the Slayers and Twilight's forces, Buffy recovers an injured Riley, revealing to the other characters that Riley was a double agent for her in an attempt to figure out Twilight's plans and identity.