Chapter 10

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A/N: Okay, once again I'm sorry about the long update time, but it's been nuts recently. But I wont make any excuses other than to say I'm sorry. Also, there is NO Darla in this story, no Kate in this story (other than her being a cop but I doubt she'll appear), NO Cordy love in this story because that makes me want to vomit, and NO Conner in this story. Also I happen to love Doyle so he's still alive and him and Cordy are together. K?

A/N 2: Okay I bumped this up to a T rating for a lot of harsh language. Some of our darling characters (and some of our not so darling characters) throw around some fowl language in this one so be prepared.

The younger Xander raised his hand.

"So that brown haired girl isn't a real human?"

Buffy sighed.

"She's a real human. She's just a new human."

Xander nodded.

"Please keep this to yourselves. Dawn knows but she'd be mad if she found out I told you everything."

The scoobies all nodded but no-one could say anything else because a phone rang, interrupting their meeting.

Giles stood and briskly walked towards the ringing telephone, leaving the group to look at each other strangely.

"Why is Giles answering the phone here?"

Buffy smiled at Xander.

"He owns the Magic Box. After we blew up the high school he took a year off to be a 'man of leisure' and almost went nuts from the boredom of it all so he bought this after the previous owner was killed."

Before anyone could comment on the weirdness factor of Giles owning his own shop, said shop owner walked back out with a guarded look on his face.

"Giles?"

Giles looked at his charge with sad smile, she was such a lively girl but ever since he soul-mate had left she had been different. He wasn't oblivious to her pain as her friends were, but it wasn't his place to comment.

"That was Wesley."

Buffy quirked an eyebrow. She knew that Giles and Wesley talked, but in respect for her feelings he never told her when and what they talked about.

"And?"

Giles sighed and took his glasses off, cleaning them thoroughly.

"Angel's co-worker Doyle had a vision that the Oracles wanted to see him. Wesley, Doyle nor Cordelia know what they told him. All they are aware of is when he got back he was livid and stomping around saying something along the lines of 'damn her and her stubborn ways. She should know I would help her in a heart beat. I'm on my way there and heads are going to roll if she doesn't talk to me'. They are on their way here and since it's still daylight they should make it before him however the minute that it's dark enough for him to get in the car he'll be on his way and according to Cordelia even if they left an hour and a half before him, he may beat them there as he was that upset."

Buffy listened to her watcher with growing discomfort. She wasn't stupid, nor was she clueless. The oracles had probably told him about Glory. He had asked her after her mother's funeral if there was anything on the slaying front that she needed his help with. She had lied to him and told him it had luckily been a slow year.

"What will Angel say when he sees his past self here?"

Buffy winced at that, she had for a moment completely forgotten about the younger generation.

"I honestly have no idea."

Riley was looking at his girlfriend so intently that it was a miracle she couldn't feel his anger coming towards her. Finally after she ignored him for so long he exploded.

"Why the hell does he have to come here?! I'm your boyfriend, not him, ME! He left you, said he didn't love you anymore! Then you go there to help him and he goes off on you, then he comes here and beats the shit out of me! What the fuck!"

Buffy jumped as she heard her boyfriend scream. When she turned to meet his gaze she almost winced, she had never seen him that angry before.

"Riley listen to me. Angel and I have a complicated past, but we still help each other if the need should arise."

Riley glared at his girlfriend.

"Yeah! And what happens when he comes here and you two decide you want to be together! What happens when you two decide to act like hormone driven teenagers and have sex throughout the night. Xander filled me in last year about what makes him turn evil again Buffy! And I refuse to watch a hostile run around and create mayhem because my girlfriend fucked him and then refuses to kill him!"

Buffy stared at her boyfriend in shock. She had no idea that he was so insecure in their relationship. Before she had a chance to ponder over the fact that maybe she didn't know Riley as well as she thought she did, she heard a very angry growl. She turned towards Angel just in time to see him vamp out and get into Riley's face.

"Now I may not be from here right now, however since my older self isn't here, I figure someone needs to stand up for him! I may not know you but from what I can see, I do not like you. And you need to get something through your head boy. I know what my demon has done and like everyone else in this room, I know how he became unleashed again. I know for a fact that I nor Buffy would EVER take that chance again, so sit down and shut up before I shut you up permanently."

Before Buffy could get the two angry men to chill out, Angel sat down calmly as if nothing happened.

There was nothing but silence for a few moments before the Magic Shop's doors busted open. In ran Cordelia, Doyle, Wesley and Gunn.

"Hey Guys. Just to let you know Angel's literally right behind us. I don't have any idea how he got here so fast but he got stuck at a stop light so we sped here to warn you. Buffy he's really pissed. Something about how you promised him you'd call him if you needed him and damn slayers think they're invincible."

Buffy sighed but before she could comment an angry man walked into the Magic Box, full out vamp face and everything. The entire group which consisted of the Scooby Gang part one (the older scoobies), the Scooby Gang part two (the younger scoobies), and The LA Gang looked on in somewhat fear as they hadn't seen Angel look that angry since he was Angelus. No one said anything for a few minutes as Buffy and the elder Angel looked at each other before Buffy smiled meekly and waved.

"Hi Angel."

TBC! Okay I know I made Angel (the older one) seem sort of OC in this but the way I figure it is this. I figure that if Angel knew what was going on in Sunnydale during the fifth season, he would have come to Sunnydale and helped out. And I figure that if the Oracles told him that if someone didn't help Buffy and soon that she would die, he would be mightily pissed off, not only at himself for leaving her, and Buffy for not asking for help but also the Oracles for telling him she would live if he gave back his humanity on the Forgotten Day. So yeah, there ya go. Lol. Please review and I'll hopefully update sooner!