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Chapter 1
Xander groaned in pain as another headache hit him, he had told everyone that the Hyena was gone but she wasn't. 'Damn it all to hell!' he thought as another wave hit him, he whispered, "Please, just stop it!"
The Hyena growled, [No pup, we have to complete the merge or we both die and I don't want that, do you? And we need a pack to call our own.]
'We have a pack,' Xander yowled mentally, 'Buffy, Giles and Willow.'
She snorted and said, [They wouldn't understand, the slayer would only see us as the enemy, Buffy would think of you as her friend but the slayer essence would win out.]
'Why did you try to rape her?' Xander demanded.
The Hyena snorted and said, [It was a mistake on my part, trust me.]
Xander and the hyena both yelled in agony as another wave of pain shot through them both, the Hyena begged him that if he wouldn't accept her that he should seek out the Pai Zhuq academy that could help them both.
"Alright!" Xander yelled, "I agree!" The Hyena purred and let her contentment fill Xander's body.
She whispered, [We must wait to go, unfortunately, because you still must do one thing before we leave; you must turn the hand of destiny and change your friend Buffy's fate, you'll know when it's time.]
Xander groaned and decided that if it would rid him of the Hyena he would welcome any chance.
As the months passed the pain both Xander and the Hyena were feeling grew more frequent and more devastating. Xander hid his pain from his friends just so they wouldn't worry and he knew their solution might just hurt him.
He overheard Giles and Angel discussing about a prophecy about Buffy dying at the hands of the Master. The Hyena whispered, [Now's the time pup, you have to turn Destiny's hand and save the Slayer's life little one but then we have to save ourselves after this.]
Xander walked around groaning, he didn't know where the Master's lair was but the Hyena whispered, [Pup, I know; ask the vampire for aid, threaten him if you must.]
He nodded and remembered where Buffy had actually made him deliver blood to him one day and he walked down wielding a cross and a stake and knocked on the door.
Angel looked down at the boy and snarled out, "What are you doing here Harris?"
Xander said, "You're going to take me down to the Master's lair and now," he said holding the cross to his face, "We're going to save Buffy."
"It's a prophecy boy; there's nothing you can do about it," Angel said.
The Hyena suddenly roared with rage at the vampire giving up, she gave Xander her strength and he pushed Angel against the wall, his eyes flashing an incredibly bright green and he said, "Take me there, NOW!"
Angel looked into Xander's green eyes and whispered, "Gods above! That Hyena is back, isn't it?
It never left," Xander groaned as a wave of pain hit him, Angel picked him up and tried to calm him down. Xander said, "No time, must save Buffy first."
Angel looked puzzled and suddenly groaned in pain as Xander shoved the cross onto his chest and he said, "Alright boy, you win."
Xander's eyes turned even more brilliant green and he said, "Good, let's go," as they left.
'What's wrong with Xander?' Angel thought, he had seen primal possessions before but nothing this strong. He was worried by how the boy was acting and he could smell blood on the boy, he turned the boy around and saw blood running from his nose.
"Oh god, Xander!" Angel said as he reached out to try to help him.
"It's alright," Xander coughed, "I'll be fine."
Angel winced and nodded and they ran through the sewers, they found Buffy face down in a pool of water and Xander preformed CPR after he got her out of the water.
Buffy woke up disoriented, she looked at Xander and Angel, got up and said, "We've got to stop the Master," and she walked up and left the sewers.
Angel looked at her and then looked around and found that Xander had left; he ran up to help Buffy but wondered where the boy went to.
Xander looked at the bus that had pulled up and whispered, "Willow, guys, I'll call you later and explain everything, I promise," and left Sunnydale.
The Hyena purred contentedly, easing both her pain and Xander's. It was a relief to him, it seemed she was happy to leave to Hellmouth, she whispered, [That was part of the reason that you and I are in pain, but not the big part.]
'So,' Xander thought internally, 'Where do we find these Pai-whatever-they're-called?'
[Pai Zhuq,] she replied, [They are an ancient group of martial artists who work with animal spirits like myself, but it's being so long since I've seen a master of the order.]
'Wait, aren't you a primal spirit?' Xander said confused.
[Oh, the Primals are a corruption of the order of Pai Zhuq, but whereas the Pai Zhuq works with the spirits, the Primals enslave us. To which,] she snickered, [Is the problem: the fool who cast the spell used a Primal spell to bind us to him but not me, I was meant for you. This spell is why you and I are in such pain.]
'That explains nothing to me,' Xander groused, 'Who knows how long we'll be gone for.'
The Hyena whispered, [The Slayer is strong and even if we stayed in Sunnydale it wouldn't have worked well, you would've lost everything that makes you the person you are.]
Xander sighed and went to sleep and Hyena began sing to him of the vast African Savannah and he began to dream of grasslands and she said, [We will find a new pack and you shall be complete.]
'But where did you get the ticket too?' Xander asked sleepily, 'You told me to sit back and let you buy the ticket.'
[Ocean Bluff, I understand a Master lives there,] the Hyena whispered, [And he might be able to help us.]
The trip was long and Xander found himself dipping into his road trip fund, he moaned at the money he was spending but if he could get rid of the Hyena it would be so worth it.
The Hyena began to talk to Xander about all of the people who she shared with their lives and how she was sorry for the way they met and how she acted in his body.
After a couple of days of staying on the bus they finally got to Ocean Bluff, the smell of salt water hit his nostrils and the Hyena purred contentment as she could smell so many things, but what was most important is that she could smell what he needed. She whispered, [Pup, are you hungry?]
Xander nodded and the Hyena whispered, [I know of an excellent pizza place, we just have to get there.]
'How do you know about a pizza place?' Xander asked and listened to her chuckle and groaned as he walked out of the Bus station and walked towards the directions that the Hyena whispered to him as he wandered the city.
The Hyena was happy; The Pai Zhuq would help Xander so much with his self esteem issues but she suddenly sensed something evil, she reached out with her senses and looked up and saw a bunch of robed figures with pure white faces devoid of any features, except for their mouths.
Xander heard the Hyena's warnings, he looked up and said, "What the hell!" as the first Rinshi leapt towards him, kicking at his side.
As Xander moved to block the attack a red flash suddenly blocked the attack, he looked up and saw a guy in what appeared to be red spandex. The guy looked at him and said, "Are you alright?"
"Uhh, yeah," Xander groaned as he got up, the Hyena whimpered in agony and she looked at the Rinshi who dared attack them and tore into them, his eyes glowing brilliant green.
Casey looked at the guy and saw his eyes glowing green and he thought, 'What the?' As he saw the man tear into the Rinshi like a deranged man, laughing, like what he could only think of as a Hyena, he noticed that Lily and Theo noticed it too. It was incredible; he was like a bolt of lightning. He was fighting with only rage.
Xander thought to the Hyena, 'What the hell are you doing?'
She yelled, [Defending us,] and tore into another one of the creatures. This was incredible, the Hyena was unleashed but what Xander hated about it was that he felt like he on the sidelines.
Casey noticed that the guy was being overpowered by the Rinshi, he was ferocious but without training he was going to be taken down. He brought out his Junglechucks and fought them off the guy then the Rinshi began back off.
Xander felt the Hyena moaning in agony, she whispered, [Sorry pup, I used way too much energy,] and they both collapsed. Xander felt something lifting him up, he looked up and looked into the black faceplate of the Red guy who saved him and fell unconscious.
Theo came towards Casey and looked at the young man, who was unconscious; he looked at Theo and said, "We gotta take him to RJ, something's not right about him. It feels like he's in pain."
"Yeah," Theo said as he reached towards Xander and pulled back; there was so much agony in the guy's body.
They ran through the streets as Casey holding Xander tightly, he felt the pain from the other man's body seep into him and he groaned; how could the man even stand if he was in this much pain?
As they got to Jungle Karma Pizza where RJ waited for them, he saw his students come in holding an unconscious man. He ran towards them and felt the waves of pain emanating from the young man.
"Quickly," he said, "Bring him into the back." As RJ put him on one of the Hammocks he reached out to feel the man's shoulder and he felt the Hyena inside of him.
RJ pulled his hand back and winced, he looked at his students and said, "This man has a very powerful animal spirit in him and it's merged incorrectly, he's going to die if he doesn't accept the spirit inside of him."
TBC
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