I would have done an update earlier but my niece decided that she wanted to start watching Buffy for the first time and she is determined to finish the first season before she starts school again.

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Chapter 6: A Break in the Case

Angel sat on Cordelia's couch looking though book after book while Buffy just watched him in silence. Doyle had called Wesley and Gunn who were on their way but Cordelia wasn't answering her phone as usual when she was with Ben. While they were waiting for Wesley and Gunn, Angel told Doyle to get rid of the Fachen in his trunk.

"Okay." Gunn announced as he and Wesley walked in the door. "What is what?"

"Doyle is on his way." Wesley noted.

Once Doyle arrived, Angel tossed Buffy's file down in front of Wesley as soon as he sat at the kitchen table. "Look in there and tell me what you notice about the demons."

"Angel, we have been through the list of demons, time and time again." Wesley looked at the file. "There is absolutely no connection at all."

"Yeah, I know." Angel nodded. "but look at the ones that are written in my hand writing."

Wesley sighed and looked down at the file again. "Oh."

"Yeah." Angel nodded again. "Buffy has been with one of us at all times in the past few months but all the demons that I have killed… Leanan Sidhe, Selkie, Alp-luachra, all of the others and now Fachen. Some of them we thought to be myths… hell most of them, but there is one thing they all have in common. Their stories were told by the Irish."

"I don't…" Buffy looked around the room at all four of the men. "I don't have any connection to them though. I had never even heard of them before."

"But Angel has…" Gunn nodded towards the vampire. "Every single one of them, he knew."

Angel nodded.

"How?" Buffy asked him. "I can't believe I never asked that question before. Why have I never asked that question before?"

"I am Irish." Angel told her. "Born, raised and died in Ireland."

"So..." Buffy pursed her lips. ".. it really is a wrong place wrong time thing! These demons aren't after me then… it's you?"

Angel shook his head. "Leanan Sidhe said SHE has to die. She was talking about you."

"Oh joy." Buffy mumbled.

"What about the other demons?" Wesley asked at the same time as Gunn said "But what about Fear…Gortchan or whatever it was that I took out?"

Angel opened his mouth to speak and pointed at Wesley but then dropped his hand. "I have no idea about the other demons yet, I thought maybe you could shed some light on that." Then turned to Buffy. "Buffy what were you doing when you were attacked by Fear Gortach?"

"It was right after The Tribunal… I was just walking." Buffy shrugged.

"Okay…" Angel nodded, thinking for a moment. "Where were you walking too?"

"I was…" Buffy's brow creased, she lifted her head to look at Angel in the face. "I was going back to you… I was worried and… I wanted to make sure you were okay."

"So, it is you!" Gunn shouted. "These Irish demons anyway."

"There has to be a connect somewhere and we are just missing it." Angel leaned over the books he had been reading. "There has to be a reason why these demons only attack when I am either with or going to Buffy… or she is going to me."

"Okay, so just to recap for the viewers at home…" Doyle paused. "These Irish-folktale are only attacking when you and Buffy are together…"

"Or going to each other." Angel added.

Doyle shook his head. "Don't confuse me."

Angel looked at Doyle confusedly. How could that confuse Doyle?

"Anyway, like I was sayin' they attack when you two are together so that could have something to do with you, Angel… but we still don't know why all the other demons and vampires are attacking her? And Wes is gonna figure that out?"

Angel nodded.

Buffy looked around the room at the four men. "I vote for finding out like… now."

"So do I." Angel nodded. "I don't want to drag this out anymore."

"I would like to figure this out as well." Wesley scanned a book in front of him. "but I think we need more to go on." He looked to Buffy. "Is there anything you have failed to tell us. Anything at all."

Buffy shook her head.

"Buffy." Angel whispered, looking into her eyes. "It could be the smallest thing that you wouldn't even think could matter."

"Do you want me to tell you my whole life story?" Buffy whispered teasingly. "I told you everything, I had never even seen a demon before the whole thing with the Tribunal."

"Okay." Wesley nodded. "Then walk us through it from your first encounter with The Tribunal."

"I already told…" Buffy trailed off when she saw the pointed look Angel was giving her, she took a deep breath. "I had just been fired from the club I had been working at for a whole three days, the apartment went with the job so I was looking for a place to stay. I ended up in this dark alley and I tripped over… something, I landed on this big egg and was covered in grossness then all the sudden those three Tribunal guys show up telling me I need to fight or find a champion to fight for me."

"What took place after they informed you of that?"

Buffy looked over at Wesley and shrugged. "I knew I couldn't do it so I knew I had to find someone… only I didn't, I was new to LA, I didn't know anyone. I ran into this guy named Ken who ran a homeless shelter and he said I had 'the look'…"

"The look?" Angel asked.

Buffy nodded. "Like I had to grow up too fast like most of the kids in LA. He said he was going to help me but all the sudden he was gone."

"He about this high?" Gunn held out his hand beside him.

Angel looked from Gunn to Buffy. "Way to happy to be real?"

Buffy nodded at the men.

"We killed him." Angel said matter a factly. "Sorry. He actually would have enslaved you in his Hell dimension."

"Ouch." Buffy said to herself. "That would have sucked."

Angel gave her a small smile at her comment.

"Continue." Wesley nodded then softly added. "Please."

"Oh right." Buffy nodded. "I pretty much just wondered around LA looking for a place to stay and some food until I remembered the whole Tribunal thing so I went to the magic store to see if they knew of anything that would get me out of it… that guy there was a total weirdo by the way, didn't know anything but someone outside of the store told me to go to that place… The Ring and find a demon because they were the only ones who would stand a chance but everyone there was either really moody or only wanted to watch these demons in the cage. Totally barbaric if you ask me but then I saw this big hairy horned thing walk into a bar and I thought that has got to be a demon, right? So, I followed it and then there I was in Caritas. I met Lorne… well he was just introduced to me as The Host at that point but he told me to sing and he could answer any questions I had. After I sang he just smiled and said not to worry about a thing."

Angel nodded. "He saw me coming."

Buffy looked over at Angel. "Next thing I know The Tribunal was there and then Angel showed up."

"That's it though?" Doyle asked. "Absolutely no demon contact during that time? Nothin'?"

"She already said that, man." Gunn smacked Doyle in the arm.

Buffy shook her head. "Nothing until after the Tribunal."

"None of the attacks happened until after you met Angel?" Wesley asked to clarify.

Buffy nodded.

"So, it is me." Angel looked to Wesley. "But why?"

"We will have to figure that out, there must be a reason why… something connecting the two of you…" Wesley thought for a second. "We also have to figure out why all the other demons are drawn to attack her and you Angel, don't want to harm her even though you are in fact a demon."

Wesley jumped when Buffy let out a surprised yelp, Angel looked towards her wondering what happened. She didn't look impressed. "Dennis! Stop trying to cop a feel!" Buffy looked to the guys embarrassed. "Sorry, he does that all the time."

Angel scowled and looked around the room, he didn't know where Dennis was but he wanted to make sure the ghost knew he was not happy. Angel looked down at his hands, he didn't even know why he wasn't happy. It's not like he and Buffy were anything, they were… friends? They were helping her find out why demons were attacking her and she was working for him now. That was it.

"Doyle, why don't you just have a vision and tell us what's goin' on?" Gunn asked the Irish man.

The dark-haired man glared at Gunn. "That isn't how the visions work. The Powers That Be send me visions when they need someone saved."

"Your just their bitch." Gunn smiled. "What about Lorne then? Can't he read ya and know what is going on?"

Buffy nodded. "I like Lorne, every time he comes over he sings and calls me fun nicknames."

"He calls me pastries." Angel said under his breath.

Buffy heard his comment and giggled. Angel turned to look at her and smiled.

Buffy bit her lip and giggled again when she saw the big smile on Angel's face. She had never seen him smile like that before, he had the most amazing smile!

"Angel…" Wesley looked at him oddly. "Are you alright?"

Angel didn't answer his British friend, he just continued smiling at Buffy.

"Angel, man…" Doyle stepped up placing his hand on Angel's shoulder. "You okay?"

"Yeah, cause everyone that is me... is officially freaked out." Gunn raised his eyebrows.

"Sorry." Angel closed his eyes and shook his head before looked to Buffy again. "She just… reminded me of... never mind."

Buffy tilted her head at Angel. Who had she reminded him of? Would he ever smile like that at her again? She really wanted him to.

"Okay." Angel placed his hands on his knees. "We know Buffy gets attacked by Irish Mythical creatures when I am around. So, what do we do about it?"

Gunn scoffed. "Staying away from her might help since she hadn't been attacked by anything else in a few months as long as you aren't here."

"Is this where I say that is because I haven't been out anywhere in those months?" Buffy raised her eyebrows at Gunn. "I am pretty much trapped in this apartment ALL the time, I at least used to go out with Cordelia during the day but since she started dating Ben she is with him. To say I get a little bored is an understatement."

"I could come over and play Poker with you more often." Doyle volunteered. "Maybe add Strip to it."

"Doyle!" Angel growled causing Buffy to jump.

Doyle shrugged. "It was just a suggestion."

"Lorne reading her might not be a bad idea…" Wesley commented.

Angel looked to his British friend. "Do you want me to stay away from her too?"

Buffy shook her head no as Wesley nodded. "It might not be a bad idea, if she isn't attacked then we will know for sure that it is you."

Angel put his face in his hands then looked over to Buffy, he wasn't happy about being told to stay away from her. He couldn't tell if she was upset by it too or not. "Fine. Why not start now?" He got up from his place on the couch, walking briskly out of the apartment slamming the door behind him.

"I don't think he liked that idea." Doyle pointed towards the door.

A/N: Yikes, Angel doesn't like being told to stay away from Buffy. LOL