Slam! "Ooof!"
Thud! "Ouch."
"Woohoo and the Slayer wins again!" Kennedy crows prancing around the mat.
Bouncing off the wall and slowly picking himself off the ground he sighs as he watches the slayer sing her praises for beating a "human".
"Very impressive Ken" words dripping with sarcasm. "Still, according to the training rules set for normals vs slayers, how do you explain the reds mark over your kidney? While not immediate, you would be dead with a stabbing there."
"Whatever, you're the one picking yourself off the floor."
"Kennedy, this training routine is to help both sides. Normals to get used to defending and countering stronger and faster opponents. For Slayers how to control their abilities in situations against humans or when non-lethal methods are required without..."
"Screw you Harris!..." heading towards the door she spots a strange weapon in his bag and pulls it out. "Oooh I'm taking this as my prize for winning!" Twirling the strange looking but surprisingly well balanced axe.
"Ken, put it back."
"Nope, you'll hurt yourself if you keep this."
"Kennedy, put it back, please."
"I told you it's my axe now and besides if you keep this you will only hurt yourself with it loser, and I'm taking it as my prize for beating you."
Sighing heavily and raising a finger "I have a couple problems with that. One, it's mine. Two, you didn't win using the rules we set for the training."
Bristling "Of course I fucking won! I'm The Slayer! I am keeping the axe!" she turns to stomp out of the gym.
"A" Slayer not "THE" Slayer, and I guess you can only beat me by cheating."
Kennedy turns so fast in a rage that she stumbles, stuttering, so furious she can't even form words.
Without pausing, in a calm voice "I'm tired of this Kennedy, we keep doing this and it has gotten old. Let's make a wager to solve this."
Finding her voice "You better shut the hell up before I teach you a lesson to keep your mouth shut in front of your betters."
Continuing as if she hadn't spoken "You don't want me around, and the feeling is mutual. Let's make this is a contest, I'll even stack the deck in your favor, a fight, best two out of three. Either way we win, we don't have to be around each other."
Kennedy's jaw drops. Thinking he must have lost his mind, but if he's going to make it this easy? "Using the fucking rules? You'll still lose. Ha ha."
"Loser will stays away, excepting of course, during Apocalypses, Apocali hmm we need to settle on a plural for that, and no, I meant a "Fight" not a spar."
Buffy walks into the gym hearing the wager "Xander, what the hell do you think you are trying to do?"
After explaining the situation "Xan, you know better than to show off a weapon in front of a slayer."
"No Buffy, she took my axe from my bag. Now she has decided that it's her prize for beating me, when she cheated. Take a look at the mark over her kidney. She los..."
Cutting him off "Xander it's just an axe, let her have it. Kennedy just go." Problem solved she turns to leave.
"No"
"What?"
"I said no."
"To what?
"To both. It's not just an axe, it's MY axe and no she won't leave with it."
"Just give it up Xander it's better if you just cave now rather than later, she will hurt you."
"Hey Kennedy you ready to go? Oh nice new toy you got there." Willow said perkily.
From the other door Giles walks "There you are Buffy, we need to go over the patrol schedules and the training for the new girls."
"Be there in a minute Giles gotta settle this argument with Xander."
Groaning "Argument with me? This I gotta hear, enlighten me Buff."
Scowling and getting into his face "What the hell are you doing taunting a slayer? They are alphas and will beat you. Did you expect anything different when you showed off a new weapon that they would want it? Of course she's going to take it, slayers get what they want, and weapons? Top of the list. You should just go before you get hurt."
"She's right Xander, you shouldn't pick on slayers, and you should stay fray adjacent. We don't want you to get hurt, your just our Xander."
"Xander, what have you stirred up this time?" Asked Giles.
Dejectedly "Wow, just wow. I can't beli... scratch that, I can believe this. Let's everyone humiliate the human" pointing at Kennedy, "Dismiss the normal guy" looking at Buffy and "Side with the girlfriend" turning to Willow "and blame the joker." looking at Giles.
"Damn right!"
"How dare you?"
"She's my girlfriend!"
"You never take anything seriously!"
Word of the argument among the Scoobies spread like wildfire. Everyone in the Cleveland House made their way to the gym. Some to take sides, others to see what was happening with the legendary Scoobies, their heroes and role models. Buffy had most of the slayers that idolized her and sided with her and Kennedy. Willow had most of the witches and wizards that believed she could do no wrong, so they sided with Willow and Kennedy. The majority of watchers felt that Xander was a waste of space and sided with Giles and Kennedy. Xander? He had the smallest group on his side. The outliers, the supporters, the taken for granted, the put down and almost all of the slayers he found in Africa and a few of the rougher places he was sent. Many of those he saved from very bad situations and not all of those were of the demon kind. They were worse...the human kind. He was loved as a protector, savior, brother and to a few as a father figure. They did not want to see him get hurt but didn't know what to do. Faith arrived with Dana who seemed a lot calmer than normal, but no one noticed the sanity in her eyes.
Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy the Vampire Slayer and make no money from it. This is just for entertainment.