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Chapter ten: The truth hurts

Kagome was having dinner with Sesshomaru, Vlad and her father right now. It was nice to see a familiar face from the past. Apparently the reason why he hasn't been around to see her was because he has been looking for others like him and Vlad that has survive. Shippo was still around too but he was in India right now but Sesshomaru said that he'll stop by soon.

It was going well for a few minutes before Sesshomaru sensed that she wasn't a virgin and gave Vlad a deadly glare. Vlad rubbed the back of his neck nervously, knowing he and Kagome are gonna have to explain to him about it soon. Her father on the other hand hasn't notice it and was having wonderful time asking Sesshomaru a lot of questions about the animal demon world. So much that she had to stop him a few times because she could tell that Sesshomaru was getting annoyed. After dinner was over Sesshomaru said that he had a meeting to go to and then left.

"Dad is it okay if Vlad and I go for a walk?" Kagome asked

"Sure, just don't be out too long." Giles said

Kagome gave her father a hug and then he went in his car and drove off. When he was out of site Vlad brought Kagome closer to his chest and gave her a heated kiss.

"You have no idea how long I wanted to do that." Vlad smirked

Kagome laughed and wrapped her arms around his neck with a smile.

"Oh I know all right. Your hand on my leg almost went all the way north during dessert." She said

"Would have too but Sesshomaru caught me and then slammed his foot onto mine." Vlad pouted

"Aw, poor baby." Kagome cooed and creased his cheek.

Then they went on for a walk until three vampires in old style warrior clothes popped out of nowhere and attacked them. Thanks to Kagomes' miko powers and Vlads' poison claws they were able to kill two of them. One was left and he backed away knowing very well that he was out matched and outnumbered.

"You know, master Sesshomaru did tell me that you were a trouble magnet." Vlad joked

Kagome glared at him and hit him on the shoulder.

"Not funny." Kagome said and then turned serious. "Do you think that the vampire Master is still after me?"

"It's a possibility, but I won't let him." Vlad said wrapping his arm around her waist. "Come on, I'll take you home."

The next day Kagome and Vlad walked in the library when Xander was freaking out about how Angel was sleeping in Buffy's bed. Kagome raised a brow at this but said nothing, seeing that it wasn't her business but she really needs to have a talk with Xander about his obsession with Buffy. Buffy said that Angel was a perfect gentleman and nothing happen between them. Xander didn't believe it and said that it was scam a for guys to get girls into bed with them. That led Vlad to roll his eyes and ended up slapping upsides Xanders' head.

"Will you shut up?" Vlad said "Don't talk that until you actually experience it."

"Can we steer this riveting conversation back to the events that happened earlier in the evening? You and Kagome may have met the same vampires last night." Giles said "You left the Bronze and were set upon by three unusually virile vampires. And Kagome you said that when you and Vlad where walking you met the same looking characters and killed two. Did they look like this?"

He put down his book on the table and showed them a drawing picture of the vampires that had attack them.

"That's them." Kagome said

"Yeah, what's with the uniforms?" Buffy asked

"It seems you encounter the Three." Giles said "Warrior vampires. Very proud and very strong."

Willow made a joke about how is it that he always knows these things and she doesn't. Giles didn't think it was joke and told her that he was up all night researching and then told them that it seems that the Master was getting tired of Buffy ruining his plans and that's why he put a hit her. As for Kagome he wasn't sure why he would want a priestess to be part of his team when even he knows that a priestess can't be turn into a vampire.

"Is that true?" Willow asked

"A vampires' venom is like a virus. My powers will pretty much destroy it if it enters my body." Kagome said and then looked at her dad. "So do you think that guy will show up again evening though it's just one now?"

"No, the Master will send someone else instead but in the meantime the final member of the Three, having failed, will offer his own life in penance." Giles said

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When lunch had begun Giles had closed the library so he could start train Buffy with different weapons. Kagome and Vlad stayed so they could watch and it was amusing to them to see how Giles was getting his butt kick. But after a while Kagome decided to step in before her father hurts himself. She had learned how to fight with a staff and spears in the past thanks to Miroku and she was much more flexible and faster than her father. So unlike him she could keep up with the slayer. She took the staff from her father but didn't put on any padding.

"Don't hold back Buffy." Kagome smiled

"Never have." Buffy laughed before getting serious.

They circle each other at first to see who will make the first move. Kagome did like Miroku had taught her and focused on her feet. When Buffy made the first move she knew where to block. She was good but Kagome had the upper hand and she was able to knock her down.

"You're too stiff on your movements and you rely on your strength too much. You got to watch out for that because an enemy can use it against you." Kagome said and then helped Buffy up.

"Okay right there. That sounded just like Sesshomaru but you're missing the cold voice." Vlad joked

"Hey at I'm a lot nicer than him." Kagome said and then turned to Buffy. "Truthfully he is a great master but he can very be very ruthless when he trains. Pretty much he will train you until you're all beaten and bloody."

Buffy raised a brow.

"She not joking he will. It took me three weeks to heal from his brutal training." Vlad shivered at the memory and almost went paled.

Kagome cooed over him and gave him hug while saying 'poor baby.'

"I think I ratter stick too yours and Giles training." Buffy said

When the next day came Kagome got a ride from Giles and they met up with the Scooby gang. When Buffy finally came she looked paled and told us that she just found out that Angel was a vampire.

"You just found that out?" Vlad raised a brow

"You knew about it?" Buffy asked

"You're talking to a dog demon here. We have great sense of smell." He said "You're the slayer, how in hell, did you not sensed that he was?"

"But he has been kind and helped out a lot. Can a vampire ever be a good person?" She asked Giles "Couldn't it happen?"

"A vampire isn't a person at all. It may have the movements, the memories, even the personality of the person it took over, but it is still a demon at the core. There is no half way." Giles said

"So that'd be a no, huh?" Willow asked

"Well not really." Kagome said

They all stop and looked at her.

"When I first met Angel I notice something that he had something that the other vampires didn't. He had a soul." She said "It is possible for a vampire to regain his soul back dad?"

"It is unheard actually." He said

"I could ask Sesshomaru. It may not be his favorite demons but he does know a lot about spells and curses." Vlad said

"But still why is he doing this? Is it all the Masters plan? It doesn't make sense." Buffy worried

"All right, you have a problem and it's not a small one." Xander said and then set her down a bench. "Let's take a breath and look at it calmly and objectively."

Kagome narrowed her eyes at him. She knew were this was leading to.

"Angels' a vampire." Xander said "You're a slayer. I think it's obvious what you have to do."

"It-It is the slayers duty." Giles said

"I object! I'm a priestess and I'm supposed to purify demons. But I don't because I don't believe that they're all are evil. I have made friend with a dozen of demons from my traveling times and even raised one as a son. Plus my boyfriend here is a pureblood dog demon if you guys haven't forgotten." Kagome glared "They may look evil or evil may have left its mark on but it doesn't rule it so I won't kill it until I see otherwise. You shouldn't kill him until you give him a chance to explain." Then she turned to Xander and pulled his ear. "As for you. We have a long overdue talk to discuss right now."

"Ow, ow, ow…" Xander said in pain

She dragged him all the way to a less populated area without lessening the pain to Xander ear. When she found an empty room she pushed him inside and shut the door.

"Ow! I think you just ripped my ear off." Xander whined

"Xander we need to talk. Look, I know that you have a big crush on Buffy and you're trying to make her like you by doing these strange things but it needs to stop before someone gets hurt and that someone…is you." She said

"That's easy for you to say. You have no idea how I feel about this." Xander said

"Xander, I was in the same position as you remember. Inuyasha was in love with both me and Kikyo." Kagome said "He will always run off to see her and each time it would hurt me. That's when I finally stop trying and saw that he would never see me as me or as a lover. Only a friend and a replica of his old girlfriend."

"Come Kagome, Inuyasha was in love with Kikyo, but Buffy doesn't…" Xander said

"Xander, you saw the look on her face and how she reacted when she found out that he was a vampire." She said "I think she does love him."

"But why? He's a vampire! A blood thirsty sucking vampire!" He said anger

"A vampire that seems to have self-control on of his instinct and still hasn't shown any sign that he is the enemy yet. You barely even know him. You only hate him because he has Buffys' attention." She said "Xander, I hate to say this but Buffy only see you just like how Inuyasha saw me. Just a friend, nothing else."

"You don't know that." He said

"Xander, I have asked her that myself. She cares for you dearly of course but only as a friend." She said

He sat down on one of the chairs and stare at the ground. His silent told her that he was trying to sink this in or trying to deny it like always. Either way she decided to leave him alone and let him think it over. She may have been hard a little but her words were true. Buffy has only saw Xander as a friend. She wanted to tell him about how Willow feels about him but Kagome thought that it was up to her to tell him. When she opened the door and closed it, she turned and saw Vlad leaning against the wall.

"Did you tell him?" He asked

"Yeah, but I'm not sure if he'll accept the truth or not. If he doesn't then he'll hurt not only himself but someone else as well." She said

Vlad wrapped an arm around her shoulder and brought her in a hug and kissed her forehead.

"Does it still hurt?" He asked "When Inuyasha didn't choose you."

"Not since I've met you. You helped heal my heart." She said and then kissed him

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So what do you think? Should I make Xander still try to win Buffy's heart or move on and just see her as a friend? I'm not saying that I'm pairing her off with Xander anytime soon cause I already have someone in mine for her. Also I have someone pairing with Willow. Nothing yet for Xander. So please review.