Me very likey.

cool

Later this week!? the last time you updated this story was one year ago. It was good too! Cruel, cruel, you are!

This story deserves a very Oz-like 'cool'

Great story, i would love to see more of this idea

hey good story,
dear rachel
a dragoon is a person who has the power of a dragon or rides on one, and its not just in that game but in alot of other games and fantasy books. a.k.a. freya from final fantasy 9 was a dragoon...
sorry i just could take what she said
keep up the good work!

Some comments:
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So the people who came up with the game made the original confusion about 'dragoons' and 'dragons'? I see then; there's nothing you can do about that. It's a pity because every time I see that word it reminds me of the Gilbert and Sullivan song about how to make a heavy dragoon. It's a funny song, too.
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What about Xander 'spaying on' Buffy? I hope you're planning to fix that.
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Xander is starting to look Stu-ish. I hope you don't turn him into a Gary-Stu. That's just so ordinary. As long as you keep his and everybody else's reactions in character, you should be OK. (Hint: Buffy delegated Xander to lead the graduating class into battle against the Mayor's vampires at the end of season 3. That fact doesn't suggest that she thinks of him as useless or weak. And that's just one example.)
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Wanders off singing to herself:
If you want a receipt for that popular mystery,
Known to the world as a Heavy Dragoon,
DRAGOONS: [saluting] Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
COLONEL:
Take all the remarkable people in history,
Rattle them off to a popular tune.
DRAGOONS: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!...

I've never seen a Buffy/LOD crossover but I like it!

Very interesting beginning. An interesting twist was that you had Riley try to stick up to Xander - that is uncommon in most fanfics set during that time period.
I'm looking forward to see what you have planned next.
Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.
PS: Have you thought about posting your Xander-centric stories to the Xanderzone (yahoo-group)?

Here are two examples of why you need a good beta reader:
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dra·goon
n. A member of a European military unit trained and armed to fight mounted or on foot.
tr.v. dra·gooned, dra·goon·ing, dra·goons
1. To subjugate or persecute by the imposition of troops.
2. To compel by violent measures or threats; coerce.
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drag·on
n. 1. A mythical monster traditionally represented as a gigantic reptile having a lion's claws, the tail of a serpent, wings, and a scaly skin.
2.
a. A fiercely vigilant or intractable person.
b. Something very formidable or dangerous.
3. Any of various lizards, such as the Komodo dragon or the flying lizard.
4. Archaic. A large snake or serpent.
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"The book also explained the elemental alignment of each dragoon stone. The Red Eye Dragoon whose alignment was fire, The Dark Dragoon whose alignment was darkness, The Jade Dragoon whose alignment was wind, The White Silver Dragoon whose alignment was light, The Thunder Dragoon whose alignment was thunder, The Golden Dragoon whose alignment was earth, The Blue Sea Dragoon whose alignment was water and The Divine Dragoon who had no elemental alignment but drew his power from The Divine Dragon."
What do you really mean, a kind of soldier or a legendary reptile?
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'“How do you know about that, were you spaying on us?

Looks like a good start, and I like how you have Riley and Tara supporting Xander.
Rob