A/N: Yo! This is harem lord with my newest chapter. I hope that you all enjoy it!

Everything is the same as last time.

Chapter 2

Xander got up off of the side of the road and the first thing that he noticed was the fact that he now had on a leather jacket that he was sure that he didn't have on before.

"What the heck is going on?" Xander asked himself as he dusted the dirt off of himself.

Xander then walked away and felt the burning urge to eat something.

He checked the pockets and was thankful to find that he had a few bucks in his pocket.

"What may I get for you, sir?" Xander was asked after he entered the restaurant.

"I would like three double bacon cheeseburgers with an order of fries." Xander said politely.

The waitress looked over him for a moment before asking, "Are you sure about that, sir?"

Xander chuckled, he knew why that would appear odd, but he couldn't help it, he was very hungry.

"I'm positive about the order, you see, I'm ordering for some of my friends as well." Xander lied casually.

"Okay, sir," The waitress replied before placing the order.

"That will be 5.16." The waitress said.

Xander carefully counted out the money from his pocket and handed it to her.

The waitress gave him his change, which he immediately dumped in the charity box.

Xander then sat down and started eating.

"Good, you have already accepted parts of the rider into yourself." The man at the opposite side of the table chuckled.

Xander shrugged, not having to look up to tell who it was. "No point in denying it, after all, I made it of my own free will and am going to be doing it for all eternity with my friends."

Mephisto scowled at the casual way that Xander had said that.

Xander just smirked; it was always a good idea to remind the devil of all of his shortcomings.

"Regardless, I believe that I have your first bounty. I believe that you are familiar with him too. His name is Spike." Mephisto said.

The devil shivered at the way that Xander looked at that moment. Even he couldn't pull off a look that bad.

"I'll get to work immediately." Xander said.

He had almost finished his meal anyway.

"Wait for a few seconds; I have a few things that I will tell you." The devil said.

"Fine then, get started." Xander said casually as he ate another bite of his burger.

"The first is that I will place a book about the curse and how to use it inside of your library." The devil said.

Xander blinked, "When did I get a new library?"

The devil chuckled, "How did you expect to hide five lives from the world if you have nowhere to hide them. The library is in your new house, here are the directions. I have already informed the girls about what was going on and they are all mad at you, extremely so."

Xander gulped as he thought about the punishment that he was going to receive for the deal that he had made with Mephisto to get them back.

"That's not even the second thing yet." Mephisto said.

"What is the second thing, then?" Xander asked.

"The second thing is that the PTB are trying to keep an eye on you." Mephisto said seriously.

"What are the PTB?" Xander asked.

"The PTB are the ones who create destiny and keep the world shifting, be it for better, but they often do it for worse so that they can get more power." Mephisto said.

"So, I was originally supposed to be useless, but now that I have this power, they are trying to keep me in check." Xander said carefully.

"In a sense, yes," Mephisto said.

"Why keep me in check though, why not do anything else?" Xander asked.

"It's simple, the PTB get each life and decide where it goes, afterwards, they get a bit of the soul essence and send it to where it belongs. Nothing major happens to the soul, but over time, the essence that the council gets accumulated and now they have powers that are just under godhood." Mephisto said.

"That still doesn't explain why they want to watch me." Xander reminded him.

"Again, this is reasonably simple, for each soul that you take the rider judges and me and you split the essence that the council would normally get between us. Again, nothing happens to the soul that the essence is take from. However, it will make both of us stronger. I believe that you are already able to do minor, and I mean very minor, spells." Mephisto stated.

Xander just nodded.

"That is why they want to keep you in check. However, there is also another reason." Mephisto said.

"What is it?" Xander asked, confused at why else the PTB would want to keep an eye on him.

"For every life that you affect, every soul that would have normally been killed by someone that you take the essence of, you gets a piece of their essence when they would die. I have calculated this aspect and you have already saved thirty lives. Two of them died soon after." Mephisto said.

"How does it count as saving lives if two of them had died a little while after?" Xander asked, a bit confused at what Mephisto was saying.

"Because, the PTB decided that it was better to kill those two before they changed the destiny of others, however, after they found out that you got that power that they would have gotten, they left the other souls alone." Mephisto said.

"Wait a second, why does it happen that way, from what you have said, that shouldn't be the case." Xander said.

"You're right, and I will explain why. It is because of the fact that you grew up so close to hell. No matter where you are in the world or how long you are away from here, it will always influence everyone around you, which is how strong the influence on you is." Mephisto said darkly.

"Why do you sound so concerned about that?" Xander asked.

"It's because I can normally tell how the Rider's powers will progress, and, if need be, compress them if he is getting too strong too fast, however, with you, I can't tell how you will progress and I couldn't compress it if I wanted to as it would automatically unbind itself." Mephisto said.

"What will happen if I grow too fast?" Xander asked.

"That's not a concern for you." Mephisto said calmly.

"What do you mean?" Xander asked.

"Think about it, why would you have to be concerned when there are people around you who have the power to stop that from happening, also, your power is naturally split into five because of the fact that I had to create five ghost riders instead of one. That means that it will take you a bit longer to grow stronger than usually." Mephisto said as he drank his tea.

"Now, while I would love to stay and chat, I think that it is best if you face those five women before they kill you for making them wait too long." Mephisto said before he faded out, taking the few remaining fries with him.

Xander pouted, he was going to eat that.

"I was going to eat that," He mumbled out.

See what I mean?

Anyways, Xander now trudged off to face his doom, the fiercest force on Earth, five angry women, and maybe his mom.

Done! I hope that you all enjoy this chapter, please R&R!