A/N: Short chapter again..Sorry. Hope you like it though.

Monday found Willow, Oz, Buffy, and Giles in the library talking about recent events. "They said the man had his throat torn out and he was eaten by a wild animal." Giles said as he summarized the passage in front of him. "The police suspect that a wild dog did is to blame."

"How many werewolf attacks are blamed on poor little doggies?" Buffy asked with a sad expression.

"It's the little ones you have to look out for. They bite." Oz commented with his usual expression.

"Still, dogs aren't the only evil things that go bump in the night." Buffy replied.

"Could a vampire have done it?" Willow asked as she took the paper from Giles and reread it.

"No. A vampire would have drained the man completely, this man was still bleeding when he was found. And he was attacked during the day." Giles answered, "He was found not far from here actually. They think he was attacked around 3:27pm, exactly the same time Xander was at the Expresso Pump."

The young adults looked at Giles as if he'd grown another head. "You can't think that Xander had something to do with this can you?" Willow asked with a horrified expression.

"Xander? No. The Hyena, yes." Giles answered with a wary expression. "Xander might not realize that he's done this. The binding spell that Emilia did might not have worked out as she hoped."

"What do you mean?" Willow asked a little confused.

"I read up on the spell she used and if done properly Xander could gain complete control over the Hyena. If done incorrectly…She could have given Xander a split personality. With Xander being one…."

"And the Hyena being the other." Oz finished. He knew how it felt to black out and not know what he had done only a few hours before.

"I think Xander would have remembered wiping off the blood." Buffy said trying to hold on to the hope that Xander didn't do this. "I mean Oz would have smelled the blood, right? I mean Angel most definitely smelled it, right?"

"You're right. I'm probably just being paranoid." Giles replied second guessing himself. "Has anyone seen Xander?"

"Not since Friday, but that doesn't mean he's been on a killing spree. It just means we haven't seen him." Willow said in a rush.

"Whoever Willow is talking about is completely guilty." Xander said as he breezed through the wide open double doors and smiled at his friends. "Who is Willow talking about?"

"You." Oz answered.

"Whatever incident Willow is talking about I am completely innocent." He said with the same smile he had entered with. "What incident is Willow talking about?"

"A man was found with his throat torn out just a few blocks from here." Buffy answered this time.

"See it wasn't me. It was a vampire." His smile got bigger.

"It was during the day." Giles clarified.

Xander's smile faded a bit before he shook his head in faux sadness, "Donnie finally snapped. The little runt snuck out and killed someone while you guys were worrying about me."

Giles rolled his eyes and sighed in annoyance. "You're right Buffy, Xander didn't do it. The killer was smart, conning, evil, and blood thirsty. Xander isn't."

"Conning, evil, and blood thirsty?" Buffy asked

"Yes. That's what I meant." Giles said with a straight face as he walked into his office to grab a cup of tea.

"We don't think you did it. Giles did." Willow answered with a giant smile.

"Giles was concerned, that's all." Buffy defended her Watcher.

"Giles doesn't really count. He's always concerned. Remember when he thought Oz went on a killing spree?" Xander reminded with a smile.

"It very well could have been him!" Came Giles muffled reply. He was still in his office, but could hear them clearly.

"But it wasn't and you got all huffy for no reason." Xander countered in kind.

They then heard Giles mutter something that sounded like "Bloody kids…" But it was soon forgotten as Oz raised his hand to interrupt the friendly banter. "Um, Xander where have you been? We expected you at the Bronze, but you never showed."

Xander thought about how hid weekend went. His eyes flashing yellow as he thought about how he and Faith didn't get out of bed unless it was to use the bathroom. Three nights spent having sex with Faith wasn't exactly how he wanted to spend his weekend, but it satisfied the Hyena, so it was enough. "I spent the weekend in bed. Didn't really feel like getting up." He answered, it was the truth.

"Were you sick?" Willow asked with a worried expression.

"Nah, just tired." Also not a lie.

"Well you missed one hell of a weekend." Oz said.

"What's the what?"

"We spent Saturday at Emilia's house. Oz was able to spend more time interacting with his inner beasty." Buffy filled him and smiled at the slightly jealous face he was making. "Problem?"

"All of you guys went?" He asked as he threw a look towards the Watcher's office. When Buffy nodded he deflated a bit. "Anything important happened?"

"You mean between the meditating, eating, and laughing? Not really." Buffy answered and almost laughed out loud at the relieved expression Xander made.

"What about the kiss?" Willow asked before she thought about the question.

"Kiss?"

"Kiss? I didn't say kiss, I said list!" Willow tried to right her wrong, but Xander wasn't buying it.

"Willlllllll. You said kiss. Who kissed?"

Buffy glared at a regretful looking Willow. She tried to think of anything that could have been better than the truth, but before she could tell a complete lie, Giles had walked out with a blush creeping from his neck to his forehead. "Giles kissed someone? Holy shit! Who?" Xander said making the librarian blush harder.

"Emilia." Buffy muttered but Xander heard her clearly. She looked up to see the heartbroken expression on her friends face.

"She tripped and landed on his lips you mean, right?" he asked with a voice stronger than he expected it to be. When no one answered, he turned to Oz. "Oz, please tell me the truth."

"She walked right up and planted on one him. I've never seen a grown man blush so hard." Oz answered.

Xander was torn between two emotions. Sadness and anger. Sadness, because he liked Emilia and wanted to be the on kissing her at some point and anger at himself for introducing the two. He knew that if he gave into the sadness then he'd be at risk for the Hyena coming out to protect him. But if he gave into the anger it'd have the same effect. So he took a few deep breaths and smiled at the older man. "Way to go G-Man. Who knew you could land a hot lady like Emilia?"

The younger ones let out a nervous breath and just continued to stare at the pair. Giles on the other hand gave an embarrassed smile. "Xander, I know you have feelings for Emilia, and if you feel like you can't…deal with it. Please let me know."

'Can't handle the competition?' He thought, but said "Why?"

"I don't want to cause you any pain and if you want, I will not pursue her." By now Giles was no longer blushing. He was being completely honest.

"Don't." He answered sharply and Giles looked taken aback by his terse answer.

"Don't, what?"

"Don't pursue her." With that he stood and left the library.

"Xander, you should let Giles go out with Emilia." Willow said at lunch. Xander had been acting like he'd just won a million dollar by not letting Giles have a relationship.

"She's too young for him. He'll burn out in a week. I'm only looking out for him." He answered with a shrug.

"You didn't see his face after you left. He looked conflicted."

"Conflicted, Will?"

"Yeah. Like he was happy to not cause you pain, but torn because you caused him pain. I mean come on! The last relationship he had ended because…." She trailed off not really wanting to remember how his last relationship ended.

"Jenny died. Was murdered. By her boyfriend." Xander finished for her while pointing at Buffy. "I'm sorry to be so blunt, but it's what happened. I'm only trying to save her life. What if Angel turns evil again? Who's to say Emilia won't be on the list of things to kill next time?"

Buffy went from feeling guilty, to sad, to anger in a matter of seconds because Xander wouldn't stop talking. "He won't!" She defended her boyfriend because she knew the truth was that she and Angel wouldn't being having sex again.

"Hey, if he can't get it from you, then he'll get it from someone else." Everyone at the table gasped at that and stared at Xander in disbelief.

"That's kinda stretching it don't you think?" Oz answered with a glare in the younger man's direction.

"He's a vampire. You really think Buffy is his first love?"

"He has a soul!" Buffy practically screamed at him, making students turn in their direction.

Cordelia, who was standing only a few feet away from the group, rolled her eyes. "Can you take your little debate somewhere else? People are trying to eat."

"Cordelia please do the world a favor and shut the fuck up!" Xander said as his eyes flashed yellow again. It wasn't going to take long before the Hyena came out to play. "All you ever do is talk!"

"I'd rather be a taker then a cheater." She countered with a death glare at him.

"The only thing you're good at is spreading your legs, so why don't you go do that?" Everyone including teacher that where passing by looked both shocked and intrigued as to what Xander was saying. Cordelia on the other hand looked horrified and embarrassed. She tried to talk, but was cut off by Xander, "Please, don't talk! Your voice makes my dick shrivel into nothing." The Hyena was clawing at his chest and Xander couldn't hold him back any more….He gave in.

"Harris my office!" Snyder said from just a few feet away. Xander turned and slowly walked up to him making the shorter man step back.

"Or what?" He growled and then flashed his friends a smile. "I'll see you guys later." He then proceeded to leave school grounds.

"Just a few more days and he'll be mine." A man said as he looked across the street and watched Xander storm off. The man was hidden by the shadows that were being casted from the building next to him. He had been watching Xander since he first learned of the binding spell. For the first time in his life he's been able to fuse his to loves together. Possession and his hatred for the Slayer….

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