Angel makes it on the boat in Season 2 episode 13: Surprise and the ship starts its voyage before Spike and Drusilla's vampire minions make it to the docks and ambush Buffy. Now he's back, exactly two years after he left, only to find that not everything stayed the same on the Hellmouth. FULL SUMMARY INSIDE
Dawn, fed up with her sister coming home more injured than ever before from her patrols, goes to the reason Buffy is now patrolling alone most nights and gives him a piece of her mind. Set the summer between seasons 3 & 4. One-shot.