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Rating: PG-15
Couples: Makoto/Kit, Buffy/Angel(friends_
Authors note 1: Buffy Summers is a seven year old girl who meets Makoto Winters, the current chosen one, and together, they must protect Buffy from Time Night, an old vampire that wants Buffy dead.
Authors Note 2: This is a Au fic but it also contains vampires, slayers, demons, etc…..
Authors Note 3: the attack 'Iron Ripper, Soul Stealer' is an attack I borrowed from the show 'Inuyasha. The attack belongs to Inuyasha's creator. I am just borrowing it.
Title: Enter The Slayer: The Beginninng 13/?
Author: TK
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Part 13
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Three weeks later:
"Buffy, that's really good," commented Makoto from her postion on the bench. "Kick a little high though," she instructed as she watched the little girl go over the basic kicks that Makoto had been teaching her for the last three weeks.
Makoto was happy with her progress in teaching Buffy. Everyday after school Rem or herself would pick Buffy and Angel up after school. Then Maya would have a snack waiting for the two seven year olds. After that is was on to training. Buffy seemed to be happy with the two hours each day that Makoto spent teaching her how to defend herself, and she became even more delighted when Angel said he was sorry to her, and began training with her himself.
Angel seemed to have a better grasped of the fighting skills then Buffy, however, he had more experience in fighting then Buffy did to begin with. Makoto smiled as she watched Angel help Buffy stand up after the little girl had tried to do a kick jump and had landed on her bottom. She was surprised at Buffy's eagerness to move on with the learning even when she messed up the little golden blonde got right up and tried again and again until she got the move down.
"How are they doing today?" asked Rem walking into the training room, taking a sit by Makoto she watched as Angel blocked one of Buffy's kicks. "She's good, for someone who has just started to learn," she pointed out with surprised laced in her voice.
"Isn't she?" asked Makoto with pride. "She's going to grow up to be once awesome slayer, just wait," she commented taking of her sweater to relieve a white tank top underneath. "Angel Face, watch where his hands go," she instructed when she saw Buffy trying another kick. "Slugger, keep those blocks firm," she told Angel as he got hit by Buffy's feet in the side.
"They are playing kind of rough," stated Rem watching the two little kids both go down, and then get back up. "Have you taught her how to block yet?" she asked her best friend turning to look at the black headed girl.
"I worked on her with some two or three basic blocks, but I wanted to teacher her some kicks first," explained Makoto. "Okay, Angel Face, Slugger, that's enough for today," she told the two little kids. "Hit the showers, before dinner," she told them as the came running over to her and Makoto.
"Mako, did you see me?" asked and excited Buffy. "I had Angel down a few times, and I even blocked some of his kicks," she said hopping up and down in glee.
"I saw," said Makoto grinning at the energetic little girl. "I am proud of you both. You are learning really fast for being you age," she pointed out. Buffy crawled up beside her and took out her school clothes out of her book bag.
"Am I using your shower?" asked Buffy jumping back down on the ground, clothes in hand. "Or am I using Rem's this time?"
"You can use mine," replied Makoto," but make sure you hurry. Maya is cooking dinner, and it should be done in an hour. Then your mother or father will be here to get you at seven," she told the little girl before biding her farewell.
"Hey, you," said Rem pulling Angel to her. "You are doing a wonderful job," she said voice filled with encouragement, the little boy looked up at her and rolled his eyes in an embarrass way.
"Thank you, Buffy, is good," he commented hopping up between the two teenage girls. "She's fights almost as good as I bet Makoto did at her age," he commented looking at the black headed slayer.
"Actually," started Makoto," she fights better then I did at that age. She still has a long ways to go, and so do you, but you both are well on your way to becoming quit exceptional fighters," she commented handing him his school clothes.
"Now shower," instructed Rem, Angel grabbed his clothes and took off to his shower.
"Anything new on the Time Night front?" asked Rem when the two seven year olds were out of hearing rang.
"I visit Willy the Snitch last night after using your sunlight balls to take care of three vampire nest downtown, but he didn't really have all that much information. Then I ran into a demon, really ugly too, anyway, he apparently hasn't heard anything for the past three weeks either," explained Makoto standing up.
Walking over to her punching bag she started to punch it with force. The lack of news about Time Night was beginning to worry her. When you didn't hear anything for awhile about the new big bad, you knew something was up. Usually for her and her friends, that something was never good. Everyone she had talked too knew nothing. She even asked around for his follower Lothos, but still nothing.
"I detect worry," noted Rem standing up and stretched her muscles. "I could try another locator spell for you," she offered walking over to the wall that contained a lot of her magic books. "I don't know if they'll work, but it's worth a shot," she pointed out grabbing a book she thought might be helpful.
"That's a good idea," replied Makoto as she kicked the punching bag. "Anything, to pin point Time Night's location would be extremely helpful," she told her best friend. "Kit and Merrick have talked to the watchers council and has found out that Time Night is actually a vampire that possess great magic in his own a key. He's said to be strong. According to the Watcher's Council he's been around for 350 years, and had killed four slayers. ," explained Makoto telling Rem the news Kit had told her the morning.
"That's not good," pointed out Rem. "Do they know how he did it?" shea asked referring to the slayers.
"The second slayer was crushed, the third was beheaded by her own sword, and the first was said to be cut up," explained Makoto full of discuss. She really didn't like talking about how other slayers died. It was just depressing.
"Said to be?" asked Rem catching the last little bit of what Makoto was saying.
"Yeah, the Watcher Council never found the first slayer's body, but her watcher said that he had seen with his own eyes his slayer get killed by the monster called Time Night. Which leads me to wonder about that first slayer," Makoto explained delivering a flying kick to the punching bag knocking it off it's chain.
" I wonder that myself actually," admitted Rem," However, with Time Night if he really is still just a vampire, you would think all the rules to killing other vampires would apply to him as well," stated Rem sitting down with her magic book. "Unless, his magic somehow prevents that."
"That's what we need to find out," instructed Makoto. "Kit it looking into the watcher's past diaries to see if he can find that particular watcher's entery, but considering how many slayers and watchers there have been, it could take awhile. Meanwhile, I have to keep my eyes and ears opened on patrol and at any other time. Not to mention watch Buffy's house to make sure no more attacks come her way," she added turning to look at her friend.
"Has there been any?" asked Rem full of concern.
"None lately, but I wouldn't put it past the bad guys to take another shot," replied Makoto before making another commented Buffy ran back into the room showered and dress.
"I'm ready for dinner," she said brightly. Her green eyes sparkled with glee at the though of Maya's wonderful cooking.
"Okay," said Makoto picking the little girl up in her arms and gave her a piggy back into the kitchen.
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"Hey, Buffy, you want to come over and play today?" asked Tellsha as the two little girls sat under a tree the next day enjoying their lunch.
"I can't today, Mako, is teaching me how to do some more blocks," Buffy said excitedly," but I'll ask my Mom, if I can come over tomorrow if it's okay with you and your mom," promised Buffy handing her best friend the pickles off her sandwich. She didn't like pickles what so ever, and her brother Spike had made her lunch today, putting the gross topping on it. Tellsha on the other hand loved pickles and was always happy to take the pickles.
"Thanks," replied Tellsha. "I'll ask my Mommy tonight and then call you at eight, and see what your Mommy says," said Tellsha waving at Willow, who sat down beside Buffy. "Do you want to come over tomorrow too, Willow?" she asked the little red head who at the moment was busy looking for her apple her mother had packed for her.
"Sure," Willow squealed when she found her apple. "Buffy, are you coming over. We haven't seen you much in the last three weeks," she pointed out. She had missed hanging out with her best friend. Tellsha was her best friend as well and so was Xander but she missed talking to Buffy.
"I have to ask my Mom, but if she says yes, then I'm going too," answered Buffy. "Where's Angel and Xander today?" she asked when she noticed the two brunette boys where missing.
"There's a soccer game going on right now in the soccer field and Xander told me that him and Angel where going to eat lunch with Pike and Tyler real quick and then go play," explained Willow playing with her apple peels.
"Then it's just us girls?" asked Tellsha happily. "That's good, we don't have to hear another one of the boys' discussing jokes today," she pointed out taking a bite of her ham and cheese sandwich.
"Some of their jokes are good," Willow pointed out leaning back against the tree. "By the way, my birthday party next month is on the twelve and both of you are invited, I'll e-mail you some birthday gift ideas towards the beginning of the month," she reminded her friends. Little Willow was pretty good with a computer. Her mother was a computer science teacher at the University of LA, and she taught her daughter what a little kid could understand about computers. Willow was very proud of the fact that she was just as good with the computer as some of the older teachers were.
"Angel said Makoto's birthday is in a week, what do you guys think I should get her?" asked Buffy keeping to the topic of birthdays. "Angel says that she likes unicorns, and home made stuff," she replied taking out her apple juice drink and putting the straw in.
"Your Mommy taught you how to do pottery, right?" Tellsha asked as an idea came to her.
"Yeah, but she has to help me, I'm not very good at it," confessed Buffy. "Why?" she asked.
"Have your Mommy help you make something like a bowl or pot, and then find a cookie cutter in the shape of a unicorn, and use that to decorate it. Then you can paint it after your Mommy does that thing where she gets the clay all hard," suggested Tellsha biting into her fruit roll up.
"That's a good idea," Willow agreed. "Another idea, might be to make her a card and then drawn a unicorn on it and attach it to the wrapped pot or bowl," added Willow.
"Buffy, Willow, Tellsha, you guys want to play Red Rover?" asked Hope Ryan running up to the three little girls.
"Yeah," answered Tellsha throwing her trash into her bag.
"Sounds like fun," Willow agreed," Buffy, you coming?" she asked the golden blonde.
"You bet," said Buffy excitedly. "I'm great at breaking through," she added running a head of her friends to the cement playground where the game had started taking place.
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"I'm glad you Mommy let you come over today," Tellsha said on Wednesday as Willow, Buffy, and her walked towards Tellsha's house. "Did you finished Mako's gift?" she asked Buffy as they crossed the street in front of them looking both ways for cars.
"I did, and Mom, says that it's beautiful, and Mako's going to love it. Spike and Riley even said that it was pretty. Riley's new girlfriend played Barbie's with me last night, and she wasn't very good at it," commented Buffy about Riley's latest girlfriend Samantha, Sam for short.
The three little girls laughed at Buffy's last comment. They knew what Riley's girlfriends where like, and felt sorry that Buffy had to put up with them. Walking along Buffy and Tellsha listened as Willow started telling them about this computer camp for little kids that her mother was going to send her to this summer. She told Buffy and Tellsha they should go with her, and have fun. Tellsha, however, was going to a riding camp that summers, and Buffy was hoping to go to a dance camp.
Buffy eagerness to go had come from her dance teacher, telling her she had seen a great improvement in Buffy's dancing and urged her to go to a top rank dance camp to pursue it. Buffy and one other student was told personally that they should go. Mrs. And Mr. Summers had told Buffy she could go if she wanted too, but there was a part of Buffy that had second thoughts about going.
"Hey, here's the busy street," informed Tellsha taking Buffy's hand and Willow's hand, like her mother told her to do , when crossing a busy street.
"We can go now," said Willow indicating the walk sign.
The three friends where in the middle of the street when a car steeching it's tires could be heard coming towards them. Buffy was the first to noticed, and quickly reacted pulling her friends as hard as she could out of the crazy car's way. Willow and Tellsha's feet left the ground a little with the pull from Buffy knocking Buffy down on the sidewalk with them right next to her.
"Crazy car," yelled Tellsha looking down at her elbow that was now colored with scraps. "Thanks, Buffy," she said to her best friend who was standing at the curb watching the car disappear.
"Buffy, are you okay?" a familiar voice asked full of worry.
Buffy turned around at the voice, and smiled up at the boy. "Hi, Kit," she replied. "We're fine," she told the young man. "Right?" she asked her friends who was now standing beside her.
"Buffy, do you know him?" asked Willow cautiously. He was a stranger to her until proven otherwise.
"This is Kit, he's Makoto's boyfriend," explained Buffy introducing the young man. "What are you doing here?" she asked when noticed Kit's look.
"I was…shopping," Kit lied, he couldn't tell her that he was following her, Makoto had told him to stay out of sight unless Buffy needed help. Giving what just took place Kit had a feeling following Buffy was a good idea. That car had had plenty of time to stop, and it didn't start picking up speed until the three little girls where in the middle of the road. Thank goodness Buffy was able to pull them to safety; he was to far away to get to them in time.
"Can you walk us the rest of the way to Tellsha's," asked Buffy with a strange feeling in her stomach. Why hadn't the car stopped, it had plenty of time from what she saw.
"Yeah," replied Kit as Buffy took his hand," let's go."
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"It's kind of cold for April," commented Rem later that night as she walked with Makoto through the main LA grave yard. "I should have brought a heavier jacket," she added pulling her jacked tighter around her.
"You can go home if you want," offered Makoto scanning the area. "I want to find someone to see if what almost happen today was in any relation to Time Night," she explained grabbing her zipper to her new leather tye coat and zipped it up.
Makoto had been itching to find a lurker or vampire ever since Kit had came home and told them all what had happen. It just made her so mad that someone would try to hurt three little girls on purpose. What was this world really coming to when it's okay to hurt children. Makoto would bet anything that Buffy had been the real target, and that just burned her up.
"Help me," a girl's voice floated through to Makoto and Rem.
"Come on," said Makoto to Rem as she ran past her cold friend. She ran towards the area she had heard the voice come from before stopping in the middle of the cemetery.
"Hello," a creepy familiar voice said sending chills down Makoto's spine.
Turning around Makoto came face to face with the one she had been searching for, for the last three weeks. He stood there all alone, and grinning at her like she was nothing but a appetizer.
"Mako, you need to remember I can't run as fast as you can," said Rem running up beside her friend completely out of breath. "I tell you, I need to work out more, and," Rem stopped her complaining when she saw her best friend's face. It was a face she had seen many times before. When Makoto got that look you knew there was trouble. "Mako?" she started to asked but turned around in a hurry when she heard a wicked laugh.
"Slayer, you have brought me a little treat," Time Night wickedly said. "She looks quit tastey," he commented moving towards the two teenage girls.
"Back off," demanded Makoto putting herself between Rem and Time Night. "If you are going to fight anyone tonight or try to eat anyone one tonight , you're going to have to go through me to do it," she stated pulling a stake from her jacket.
"Typical, Slayer, always trying to use the stake to kill vampires, and everything else," Time Night laughed evilly. "I have a question for you though," he asked," what happens when the stake doesn't work?"
"My stakes have never let me down," said Makoto firmly making sure Rem was still behind her. "Now I have question for you, why is it there a rumor going around that you fear a little girl?" she asked keeping a determine face. She watched Time Night's movements as she noticed Rem watching their backs. "I mean a little girl, come one, what can one little girl do to someone who is suppose to be all big and bad like yourself?" she taunted. "I mean they can cry, they can yell, is it the yelling that hurts poor little Time Night's ears?" she taunted receiving an annoyed growl from Time Night.
"Will you still be a smart a** when you're dead?" he threatened pulling his long claw hands out of the black and blue robe he wore.
"Let's find out shall we?" Makoto challenged.
"Ladies first," said Time Night smiling as his sharp teeth took form. "I assure you, you won't last long against me," he vowed before attacking.
"Rem, move," Makoto said quickly pushing her friend, who at the moment was mumbling something out of the way.
"Come on, Slayer is that the best you got?" he asked as he avoided Makoto's upper punch and landed a kick right into Makoto's side making her fall to her knees.
"I'm just getting started," replied Makoto not even thinking about giving up yet. "Don't underestimate me," she stated standing up, and once again took the defense as Time Night came at her with a flying kick on his own.
Makoto was able to block the kick and knock Time Night to the ground, but before she knew it he was up once again coming at her with his claw hands this time.
"Iron Ripper, Soul Stealer," he yelled swiping his claws two inches from Makoto.
"You missed…," Makoto started to taunted but the rest fell on deaf ear when she felt a pain in her back followed by warm gooey substance.
It took her a few moments to realize that he had somehow managed to get her with his claws. How she wasn't so sure, he hadn't even touched her, and yet she was bleeding. She once again had to dodge; he was on top of her in an instant. Makoto was surprised with how fast he could move, none of the other vampires, even masters, had ever moved as fast as he did. She needed to think of something quick or else it be over for her.
"You're supposed to be good," Time Night pointed out backing away from Makoto. "Show how good you really are," he challenged.
"You asked for it," shouted Makoto grabbing her double edge knife out of her black leather boots. She came at Time Night with full force, but once again he was quick.
Time Night moved to the side of Makoto's swings," Sloppy," he taunted in a sing song voice. "How are you ever going to protect preious Buffy if you can't protect yourself," he asked," Wind Soul," he shouted.
A gust of wind blew at full force moving Makoto back from him and brings up all kinds of debris. Makoto covered her eyes as the wind got stronger.
"Element of the earth here my cry,
Stop and die," yelled Rem as white light surrounded her.
The wind stopped after Rem hit it with the white light that had came into her hands. Makoto blinked a few times before looking around at the surroundings. Time Night was gone, and there was no trace of him anywhere.
"Darm it," yelled Makoto angry at herself for being beat by Time Night so easily.
"Are you okay?" asked Rem walking up to her friend worried. She had seen Time Night land some really good shots on her friend, and from what she could tell, Makoto hadn't landed any.
"He's good," commented Makoto taking off her leather coat that had been slashed in the back area when Time Night had used his first attack. "He moves fast, and he has some really powerful magic," she continued.
"Mako, let's get you home and fix your wounds," encouraged Rem when she caught a look at the big long gashes that had appeared on her friend's back.
Sure Makoto would heal. Slayers had excellent healing ability, but that didn't mean they were infection proof. Rem had forgotten to bring her small first aid kit with her that night.
"I want to check on Buffy first," said Makoto cringing at the pain in her back. "Then I want to find that jerk and show him what I can really do," she said upset with herself. 'How could I let him hurt so much,' she thought angrily.
"I'll have Kit and Merrick drive by Buffy's, Mako. You need to get fixed up first," insisted Rem pulling her friend to the exist of the cemetery. "Then if there is trouble Kit will call you," she replied grabbing her cell phone out of her purse.
"I'm fine," insisted Makoto pulling away from her friend," Angel Face might need me, and I am not letting some worthless vampire kept me from making sure she's safe," stated Makoto heading in the direction of Buffy's house instead of the mansion.
"You are so stubborn," Rem pointed out upset that her friend was not going home to get taken care of.
"Yes I am," stated Makoto as she held her aching back. "Besides don't you know a healing spell that could help?" she asked turning to look at her friend who was giving her the 'I can't believe you sometimes' look.
"Hold still," instructed Rem as she laid her hands upon Makoto's back.
"The light of good,
Flow to my hand.
Lend me your powers,
Heal this girl this very hour," chanted Rem as the same white light that had surrounded her before once again went into her hands and healed Makoto's wounds enough, so they had stopped bleeding.
"There," said Rem pulling her hands away. "You're slayer healing ability should do the rest," she said feeling a little tired. Out of all the spells she could cast, casting a healing spell was one of the few that could really wipe her energy if she wasn't careful.
"Thanks," said Makoto grateful to her friend for helping her. She knew she could be stubborn, but it was nice to know that no matter how stubborn she got she would always have her friends by her side. She was lucky to have such great friends; she only hoped that one day when she was gone, and Buffy was called that Buffy would have great friends who would stand beside her no matter what happened.
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Makoto and Rem reached Buffy's house ten minutes later to find all the lights where off.
"They all must be in bed," said Rem quietly as she looked at the house. "Could they be any richer," she commented noting how big and nice the house really looked.
"I don't see anything," Makoto said ignoring Rem's comment as she looked around the house and shadows. "We'll wait here for a hour and if no one shows then we'll leave," Makoto quietly said as she lead Rem over to what must have been Buffy's play house.
"We're hiding in a play house?" asked Rem in disbelieve. "Mako, are you sure Time Night didn't damage your brain?" she asked as her friend opened the little door and went in.
"Come on," Makoto said softly and pulled Rem in before anyone could see them. If they got caught lurking around by the police there's no telling how much trouble they would be in. "We'll wait for an hour and if no one shows then we'll go home," she instructed kneeling down so she didn't hit her head on the roof the house.
"You really do care for Buffy don't you," Rem noted, when she realized what her friend was willing to go through to keep Buffy safe and sound.
"She's like the little sister I never had," replied Makoto watching the Summers house. "Tomorrow, I want you to try that new locator spell you found, I want to know where Time Night is hiding and how to beat him. If I can't be better prepared to move as fast as he can, next time we meet he might just finished what he started tonight, and I can't allow that to happen. For Buffy's sake and all your guys' sake, I can' allow him to beat me," she said with determination as she sat down on her bottom.
Her knees where starting to hurt her as well, so Rem sat down beside her friend and looked out into the night," You know Kit, Merrick, and I will be there to back you up when you need it, right?" asked Rem hoping her best friend knew that.
"Yeah, I know," replied Makoto giving her friend a smile before turning her attention back to the Summers house once again.
When it didn't look like trouble was coming two hours later, Makoto made them stay an extra hour. The two teenage girls crawled out of the cramp pink and white play house and headed home.
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Once they arrived at home Maya had Makoto go right to bed after hearing about her fight that night. Merrick was concerned for his Slayer's health as was Kit, but after being assured by Makoto over and over she was fine, they headed off to do more research with the new information Makoto and Rem had brought them.
Rem had gone off to let Angel know that she and Makoto had come home and where fine. She would also let him know that his friend Buffy was fine. She knew her little Angel was worried about his knew friend. He had been so upset three weeks ago after hearing the discussion between Makoto, Kit, and herself about Buffy being a potential slayer. He didn't talk to anyone for three days, but finally she was able to get him to confess what was wrong and when he told her he had cried and begged Makoto and all the rest to keep his new friend safe. He didn't want to lose her or any of them like he did his parents.
Rem found Angel awake and waiting for her and Makoto's return," We're home," she told him sitting down on his bed.
Angel walked over to her and sat down beside her," Are you and Makoto all right?" he asked concern.
"We're fine," answered Rem pulling the little boy onto her lap," and so is Buffy, she's safe," she promised the little boy before singing him to sleep.
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