Author's Notes: Happens sometime after Heroes. Why did Angel give back his humanity?

Explanations
By Cobalite Ice

Cordelia was trying not to break down as she packed away the things on Doyle's desk. She knew she couldn't get rid of all of it, and maybe Harry . The door of their office was suddenly thrown open, and a well-dressed woman stormed in. Welcome to Angel Investigations. Can we help you?"

"Where is he?" She was tall, with dark green hair, and when she ripped off her sunglasses Cordelia could see she was very angry.

"Who?" Please, please don't let this woman be here to kill her boss. Let it be one of Wesley's rouge demons here for revenge.

"Angel. You go and drag him out of that pit of an apartment, and tell him Setsuna is here."

Cordelia knocked nervously on his office door. "Angel, there's some woman here to kill you."

There came a sigh from the batcave. "What color hair does she have?"

Now that was an odd question. "Green."

'As long as it's not Usagi.' Angel opened the door. "I've been expecting you."

The woman was reclining on the couch. "I don't know what the hell you did, Angel, but the Wise Man made a smaller mess." She took a moment to gaze at Cordelia. "Does your seer know what you did?"

"No, she doesn't have a clue why you came into our office and almost busted the hinges off." Cordelia did not like this woman. She gave off a funny vibe.

Angel could almost see the catfight waiting to happen. "Cordy, this is Setsuna Meiou. She's Guardian of Time. She's slightly upset about what I did on Thanksgiving."

"Oh, the thing with the Oracles." Cordelia could see how some kind of time troubleshooter would be upset. "But doesn't she work for the Powers too?"

"He had no reason to return his gift! Angel, it wasn't just your humanity they were giving you, it was Buffy. A chance to live a normal life until the time came when you were needed." Setsuna had started pacing.

"No, you don't understand. Whatever the hell you did to me when I was eighteen, you changed me. You bound his soul to the demon, Setsuna. When the blood mixed with mine, they were both gone. I had to give it back, I couldn't do anyone any good like that." Angel trailed off. 'Especially Buffy and Usagi.'

"What are you two talking about? Who's soul?" Now Cordelia was confused.

"Angel, I didn't know." Setsuna sat back down. "I...this is all my fault."

"I have some things to explain to Cordelia, Setsuna. Maybe you should come back later, and we'll talk about how much damage I did to the time line."

"Alright." Setsuna paused at the door. "I'm very sorry for your loss. He was a good man."

"She knew Doyle?" Cordelia was more confused than before.

"Yeah. Cordelia, I have to tell you something. It can't go any farther than us, you can't tell Wesley, or anyone else."

"Angel, you're worrying me. Why do you know the Guardian of Time?" Cordelia followed him downstairs in the elevator.

"I'm not who you think I am, Cordelia." Angel pulled a photo album off a bookshelf. "I guess I should start at the beginning, but first I want you to see this."

"This is you and Xander." She stared at the picture Angel was showing her, then flipped the page. "This is that Usagi girl who helped us the summer you were gone, and she's... hugging you?" She flipped another page, and stared at the date. "Angel, you were in hell when this was taken. How are you in this picture?"

"That's not me, actually." Angel took the book away.

"Angel, don't tell me you have an identical twin brother, because I just couldn't take that. He'd have to be a vampire too, and one of you is bad enough."

"It's not my twin, I just wasn't myself when that picture was taken." Angel sat down across from her, and removed the necklace he always wore. "You know the story of how I was turned, right?"

"Yeah." Cordelia could only imagine where this was going.

"It was pre-arranged, by that woman who was here a few minutes ago. To preserve the timestream, she had to make sure I was around the past few years."

"Why are you so important?" Cordelia was joking, but then Angel took one of the rings off the necklace. He slipped it on, and pressed a symbol. In a flash of light, he was wearing a suit of white armor. "Angel?" She asked hesitantly.

"Actually, my name is Tranquility. Prince Tranquility. I was heir to the throne of the Twin Kingdoms over a thousand years ago."