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Chapter 11: A past love

Around lunch time everyone was doing research on anything about Angel. So far nothing until Giles found something.

"Here's something at last." Giles said "There's nothing about Angel in the text but it suddenly occurred to me that it's been ages since I read the dairies of any of the watchers before me."

"It must have been embarrassing when you thought he had read your dairy, but then it turned out, he hadn't, but then he felt the same way." Willow said to Buffy

"Oh Willow, now is not the time." Kagome patted Willow head softly

"Sorry, I'm listening." She said

"There's mention some 200 years ago in Ireland of Angelus, the one with the angelic face." Giles continued "Did this, uh, Angel have a tattoo behind his right shoulder?"

"Yeah. It had a bird or something." Buffy said

"Ooooohhh." Kagome wiggled her brows

This made Buffy blush and almost laugh. Xander on the hand rolled his eyes but something nothing. Fearing that Kagome will pull his ear again or worse, actually pulling it off. He had thought about what Kagome said and decided to see if Buffy truly love this Angel guy then he'll back off for good and just be friends.

"So Angel's been around for a while." Willow thought out loud

"Not long for a vampire. 240 years or so." Giles said

"Huh, 240 years old. Well, he said he was older." Buffy said

"I first crush was around 200 years old. If he's alive now he show be around 700 years old." Kagome said

Vlad looked up from his book with a raise brow.

"Inuyasha. He may have been a half demon but he still ages slowly." She said

Vlad mouthed 'O' with a nod.

"Angelus leaves Ireland, uh, wreaks havoc in Europe for several decades, and then about 80 years ago, a most curious thing happens." Giles said "He comes to America, um, shuns other vampires and live alone. There's no record of him hunting here."

"So he is a good vampire." Willow gasp with a smile "I mean, on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being someone who's killing and maiming every night, and 1 being someone who's not."

"There's no record, but vampires hunt and kill. That's what they do." Giles said

"Don't get me started on that again dad. I still think we should give him a chance to explain." Kagome said

"Kagome's right, he could have fed on me. He didn't." Buffy said

"Question, 100 years or so before he came to our shores, what was he like?" Xander asked

"Uh, like all of them." Giles said "A vicious, violent animal."

While this is going on, down in the Masters hideout Darla tells his Master about her plan on how to get rid of the slayer. She was going to use Angel to kill her and bring him back on to their side.

After school the girls were still in the library helping Buffy with her studies…again. But as usual Buffy was in her own world thinking about Angel. Then suddenly they were no longer studying and Willow started talking about her fantasy with Xander. Buffy and Kagome kept telling Willow that she should tell Xander about how she feels about him but she was too afraid to. After that Willow changed to subject and asked Buffy how it was when she kissed Angel. That's when Kagome sensed a dark familiar aura in the room and sensed jealously from it. When Kagome looked around the dark aura was gone. She had a bad feeling that something was about to happen and it did.

Since Kagome got a ride from her dad Vlad was driving everyone home since it was late. Buffy was the first to drop off and when he was about drive off her block he heard something tossed through the window from Buffy's place. He drove back and they went to the back where it was opened and saw Buffy's mom on the ground. Buffy told them that Angel did this but Vlad smelled another vampire scent in the room. A familiar female one and this one had the bloodlust on them. Everybody went to the hospital and Kagome and Giles had just arrived when Buffy started asking her mom about what happened. She didn't remember much expect that a friend stopped back and that caught Buffy, Kagome and Vlad's' attention. Then she looked at Giles and asked who he was.

"Um, Mom, this is Mr. Giles. My friend Kagomes' dad." Buffy said

Kagome stepped next to Giles and did a traditional bow to Buffy's mother with a smile.

"Oh hello." Joyce said "And he is the librarian from your school."

"Get some rest mom." Buffy said

When they were out of the room Buffy was blaming herself for what had happen but Kagome told her that wasn't her fault. Buffy didn't believe it since she invited him in her home. Then Vlad got a call from his master and he had to excuse himself.

"Sir?" He said

"Shippo got the info on what you ask for? Apparently this vampire Angelus was cures by Gypsies and they regain his soul for what he did." Sesshomaru said

"So he got his soul back. And once he did he started to feel more human and regret on what he did." Vlad said as he caught on. "I know this curse. My uncle told me about it. Its an ancient one. They must have done it to make him suffer for whatever he did. There is a side effect I think but I can't remember it. Thank you sir."

"Hmph." Sesshomaru said and then hanged up.

Vlad returned to the group and saw that Buffy wasn't with them. Kagome told him that she went out to hunt down Angel.

"Something doesn't feel right about this." Kagome said

"Kagome, I tried telling Buffy this but she wouldn't listen. There was someone else inside her house. It smelled familiar but I couldn't place it." Vlad said

"What was it?" Kagome asked

"Another vampire. A female one." He said

"A female vampire? How would one be able to get in the Summers' house?" She said "I highly doubt Buffy's mom would let anyone in." She paused for a moment until she remembered one vampire. "Unless she looks around our age and happens to wear a catholic school girl uniform."

"That girl that ruined our first date." He growled

"I sensed someone at the library and it was familiar too and a vampire." Kagome said "It probably could be her and she saw us studying. But why is she blaming this on Angel." Then she remembered the jealousy when Buffy was taking about her kiss with Angel. "Do you think it's possible that Angel might have an old girlfriend?"

"He's 240 years old it's quite possible." He said "So you think whoever this is, is jealous and is trying to get her out of the way or to have them fight to the death. With the Slayer gone no one else stands in the Masters way." He said

"We better go fine them." She said

She was about to leave until Vlad stopped her.

"I have a better way to fine them." He smirked

They took to the stairs and they ended up on the roof of the hospital. Then he bent down in front of her and Kagome knew what he meant. She smiled and climbed on his back like she did with Inuyasha.

"You won't be afraid right." Vlad teased

"Of course not." She smiled

He smirked and sniffed the air for Buffy's scent. In a second he found it and raced off. Kagome had to hold on to him tightly but she couldn't help but smile at the speed that they were going. He was so much faster than Inuyasha and Koga combine. Moments later they ended up at the Bronze.

"Did you enjoy the ride?" He asked

"Very. That was so much fun." She smiled

"We better hurry I could hear Buffy already fighting with Angel." He said

He picked her up bridal style and jumped on the roof where they could get in without anyone knowing it. When they got inside Buffy was out of arrows from her crossbow and looked like she had missed every time. Kagome sighed and knew that she needs more practice with it. But she had to push her teaching mode away when she heard Angel baiting her to kill him. This had to stop but Vlad stopped Kagome before she could get up. He told her that they needed to work this out themselves. She wanted to argue but that would give away their cover so she agreed but told him that she is jumping in when things get serious. So far they heard about how he killed his family and friends and then how he killed one of the gypsies favorite daughters and that's how he got the cursed, which was giving back his soul back. That's when he startle to feel pain and ashamed for what he did and moved to America to get away. He told Buffy that he hadn't fed on a human ever since he got his soul back and that he didn't bit her mother. Buffy didn't want to believe him but somewhere inside her was telling her that he was. So she decided to test him. When he told her that he wanted to kill her tonight she offered him an opportunity to but he didn't.

"Isn't easy is it?" Buffy said

"Sure it is." A female voice said

Vlad mentally growled as he remembered the woman's voice. Darla walked out of the shadows in her vampire form.

"Do you know what the saddest thing in the world is?" She asked

"Bad hair on top of that outfit?" Buffy commented

"To love someone who used to love you." Darla sneered

Kagome mentally smacked her head. This was just like what Naraku did when he was in love with Kikyo. Then got jealous when she was falling for Inuyasha and then made the two kill each other.

"You guys were involved?" Buffy asked

"For several generations." Darla said

"Well, you've been around since Columbus. You are bound to pile up a few exes." Buffy said "You're old than him right. Just between us girls, you are looking a little worn around the eyes."

"I made him." Darla said "There was a time when we shared everything, wasn't there Angelus. You had the chance to come home, to rule with me in the Master's court for 1,000 years. But you threw that away because of her. You love someone who hates us. You're sick, and you'll always be sick, and you'll always remember what it was like to watch her die. You don't think I came alone, do you?"

"No but she sure hasn't." Kagome said

She and Vlad stood up and jumped off the ledge and landed right between them.

"Kagome, Vlad what are you two doing here?" Buffy asked

"Just think of us as your back up." Kagome said

"Ooh, scary. The Priestess and a dog demon. Now this is also a sick scene. She is the enemy to all demons and monsters. How could you love someone like her?" Darla sneered

Vlad was about to attack her but she quickly took out two guns and started shooting. Vlad quickly dodged the bullets and got Kagome out of the way. Buffy was able dodge them too but Angel got hit with a few bullets.

"Oh, don't worry. Bullets can't kill vampires. They can hurt like hell, but…" Darla giggled and started shooting again.

Kagome really wished that she had her bow and arrow right now and end that psycho vampire. The vampire seemed to be focusing on Buffy so Kagome looked for something to distract her but apparently her dad and the gang had caught up with them and did the distraction for her. But it didn't last until Darla saw Buffy move and she had a good aim to shoot her but Kagome quickly blocked it with her barrier. Then Kagome saw Angel was able to get behind her and stabbed her in the heart with one of the arrows. Darla was stun at the action and then she turned into dust. The three got out of their hiding spot and Buffy looked shock at what Angel did too. There was a long silent between the two and Angel just backed away and disappeared in the shadows.

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The next night the Scooby gang were at the Bronzes for the post-fumigation party. Which the only difference was that the cockroaches were more harder,... according the Xander.

"So, no word from Angel?" Willow asked

"Nah." Buffy said "Its weird though. In his way, I feel like he's still watching me."

"Well, in a way he sort of is." Kagome said

"In the way of that he's right over there." Willow said

She looked and saw that he was by the entrance. She smiled at the site of him but couldn't move so Kagome pretty much had to push her a little so that she will move. The four watched the scene as the two talked a little and then they started to kiss which Kagome and Willow couldn't help but smile at.

"I guess your right." Xander said to Kagome "She really cares about him that way."

"Don't worry Xander, you'll find your special someone soon." She said and lean her head against Vlad's chest who wrapped his arm around her waist. "I know I did when my heart was broken."

Vlad smiled kissed her on the head.