Buffy and Giles stood in the hospital hall, a mere day after Xander and
Dawn's fight with the bringers. Dawn still looked like she had went
several rounds with Mike Tyson, while Xander looked as though he was
expected to on a daily basis. Giles and Buffy were discussing this matter
in detail. "So what are you saying Giles? Are you trying to tell me that
he is now the male equivalent to a slayer?"
"Something of the sorts, I guess," Giles stated as he took his glasses in one hand and cleaned them with the other, "all I know is what I told you about what I read. Besides look at Dawn, now look at Xander. He wasn't suppose to wake up yesterday, and now he's at full strength and ready to go."
"So what do we do? Train him too?"
"Don't think that will be necessary luv," Spike entered the conversation as he left the room that he had been in for a full day with Xander. "I will make sure he is ready to go."
Giles looked at him and laughed, "So basically, you want to be his watcher?" Giles had made this comment in remark to Buffy's comment calling him a slayer.
"Kinda I guess, I don't have to wear ugly tweed do I?" Spike asked with pleading eyes towards Buffy, with an even louder chuckle and even his trademark smirk.
"Tweed would look good on yo." Buffy started to say it, "No, no I was joking, don't hit me." Buffy was laughing the hardest of all three. For one she was witnessing Spike being accepted to the group that said they never would and for two she imagined Spike in tweed.
"Are you sure you want to train him?" Giles asked.
Before Spike could answer Xander made his way out the door, no limp, no bruises, no pain period. "He better, I'd hate to have to die before he can," Xander looked at Spike stopping before he delved into the speech again, they both just laughed together as they all walked out of the hospital together.
Later in the basement..
Xander watched as Spike and Buffy trained the girls, he thought about all the times he wished he could do something more, and now he could. He then stood as the girls were released from their training for the day. Buffy passed him and gave him a fake concerned look, "Careful, we haven't fed him yet," she laughed all the way up the stairs and still could be heard in the kitchen upstairs.
"Come on whelp, let's do this." Spike motioned Xander in front of him, and he immediately started to act as though on the prowl. He circled Xander, as Xander stood there calm watching him circle. "What are you going to do?"
Xander calmly turned, following Spike in his continuing circle, "Wait for a mistake, and capitalize. I may have super strength or something but I don't know how to fight."
"Good boy, but what about if I do this?" Spike didn't allow a second between the question and the lunge. He lunged as if to tackle Xander, Xander jumped up over Spike landing back to back with him. Both quickly hit right elbows to the other's head as they jumped forward while turning back to face the other. "That was smart, but not effective." He quickly threw two punches, starting left and then right, Xander instinctively dodged the first punch and was hit be the second as he dodged. When contact was made Xander hit a kick to the gut of Spike doubling him over, Xander hit Spike in the head with a rising knee, and jumped kicking the now standing straight up Spike in the right side of the head. Spike fell to the floor as Xander approached, Spike's face vamped out as he sweeped Xander's legs out from left to right. Xander landed back first as Spike reached his full stance. He stood over Xander, and started to kick him in the gut, Xander caught the boot and threw him off. Spike was thrown so hard that he hit the wall, not hard enough to knock him out, but hard enough to hurt. Spike charged in what seemed to Xander like slow motion, he threw a right which was easily avoided, then a left which Xander blocked, then Xander delivered a right to the stomach, a left jab to the face, and a right uppercut to Spike's jaw. Spike stumbled back, he noticed that Xander had lazed for a momentary second though and charged full vamp speed. Xander found Spike's arms wrapped around his neck from behind him, and the only thing that kept him from snapping it was Xander's hands wedged in between his neck and Spikes hands.
"Alright, where did you go wrong?" Spike asked through his fangs as he held Xander in the predicament.
"I was complacent for a second, and that was enough." Xander said as he pulled at the hands. He held his body as still as he could trying not to give up the little leverage he still controlled.
"Correct, now what."
"I fight like a girl," Xander said with a snicker as he dropped his boot heavily on Spikes. Spike hopped back for a second and caught a spinning boot to the face. As he stumbled backwards Xander charged with almost the same speed Spike had done before, capturing Spike in the same situation. "What now deadboy?"
"Can you kill a vampire by breaking it's neck?"
"No, but I could try my powers out and see if I can rip your head off."
"That would be something, now wouldn't it. Bloody hell Harris, you can't beat me like this, the least you can hope for is someone to stake me while you hold me." Spike the flipped forward taking Xander with him. They landed on Xander's back, with Spike crushing into Xander from above. He stood quickly as Xander was out of breath and placed his boot right at Xander's throat.
"Okay, that's enough for today gentlemen." Giles voice broke in over the labored breath of both, one for good reason and the other just out of habit as he stepped off the bottom stair. "Xander, that was excellent for your first training session." Spike moved his boot out of his throat and extended him a hand up. As he stood he met Giles' eyes, "Well, I think I've seen my answer. What do you think Spike."
"I don't want to fight him." Spike said with a modest laugh trying to make his smart comment seem realistic. "Well, yeah I would, that was a pretty good go."
"At least I learned something from getting my ass kicked for the last seven years." Xander said to Spike with a smile. "How to trade quips while we fight." Xander laughed as the three walked up the stairs to find the others.
A little later, almost dark..
Dawn was sitting at the kitchen table doing research as Xander approached her. "Well, at least you know what your power is now," Dawn said to Xander with a smile.
"Listen Dawnie, this doesn't change a thing I said, you know that right?"
"Yeah, it's just harder being the only normal one."
"Well you have Andrew," Xander joked, he laughed so hard he could've fell over.
"That I do," Dawn said looking longingly through the kitchen door into the living room where he sat.
"Huh," was Xander's only audible reaction. His head was screaming, I thought he was gay, what did she mean by that, is there something I should be hurting Andrew for.
"Xander, how do you know when someone like's you the way that you like them?" Dawn asked looking into her friends eyes awaiting the answer she wanted rather badly.
Again though, all Xander could muster was an almost inaudible, "HUH?"
"You know, when can you tell how they feel? When they look at you, when they hold you, when?"
"If he's held you I have a bigger battle on my hand than an apocalypse, I'll have to save him from Buffy." Xander said with a chuckle as he tried to stray his mind from the situation, but couldn't. He had a flashback of Dawn dancing in the bronze and thinking about how hot she was, how hot she is. If anyone could make a gay boy straight it would be her he thought as he chuckled even louder.
~Seemed like a good stopping point. Anyways, the review that was worried this was going to be a Xander/Buffy, don't worry the only relationship I will delve into will be one with Dawn and Andrew, as impossible as that sounds because we all know that Andrew is obviously gay, so this is kind of a what if situation. Anyway the rest of the story will try and revolve around Xander's learning how to fight and deal with the situation. Read and Review, you must have already read so please review!!!!! Suggestions are very welcome, I don't really know where I am going with this.
"Something of the sorts, I guess," Giles stated as he took his glasses in one hand and cleaned them with the other, "all I know is what I told you about what I read. Besides look at Dawn, now look at Xander. He wasn't suppose to wake up yesterday, and now he's at full strength and ready to go."
"So what do we do? Train him too?"
"Don't think that will be necessary luv," Spike entered the conversation as he left the room that he had been in for a full day with Xander. "I will make sure he is ready to go."
Giles looked at him and laughed, "So basically, you want to be his watcher?" Giles had made this comment in remark to Buffy's comment calling him a slayer.
"Kinda I guess, I don't have to wear ugly tweed do I?" Spike asked with pleading eyes towards Buffy, with an even louder chuckle and even his trademark smirk.
"Tweed would look good on yo." Buffy started to say it, "No, no I was joking, don't hit me." Buffy was laughing the hardest of all three. For one she was witnessing Spike being accepted to the group that said they never would and for two she imagined Spike in tweed.
"Are you sure you want to train him?" Giles asked.
Before Spike could answer Xander made his way out the door, no limp, no bruises, no pain period. "He better, I'd hate to have to die before he can," Xander looked at Spike stopping before he delved into the speech again, they both just laughed together as they all walked out of the hospital together.
Later in the basement..
Xander watched as Spike and Buffy trained the girls, he thought about all the times he wished he could do something more, and now he could. He then stood as the girls were released from their training for the day. Buffy passed him and gave him a fake concerned look, "Careful, we haven't fed him yet," she laughed all the way up the stairs and still could be heard in the kitchen upstairs.
"Come on whelp, let's do this." Spike motioned Xander in front of him, and he immediately started to act as though on the prowl. He circled Xander, as Xander stood there calm watching him circle. "What are you going to do?"
Xander calmly turned, following Spike in his continuing circle, "Wait for a mistake, and capitalize. I may have super strength or something but I don't know how to fight."
"Good boy, but what about if I do this?" Spike didn't allow a second between the question and the lunge. He lunged as if to tackle Xander, Xander jumped up over Spike landing back to back with him. Both quickly hit right elbows to the other's head as they jumped forward while turning back to face the other. "That was smart, but not effective." He quickly threw two punches, starting left and then right, Xander instinctively dodged the first punch and was hit be the second as he dodged. When contact was made Xander hit a kick to the gut of Spike doubling him over, Xander hit Spike in the head with a rising knee, and jumped kicking the now standing straight up Spike in the right side of the head. Spike fell to the floor as Xander approached, Spike's face vamped out as he sweeped Xander's legs out from left to right. Xander landed back first as Spike reached his full stance. He stood over Xander, and started to kick him in the gut, Xander caught the boot and threw him off. Spike was thrown so hard that he hit the wall, not hard enough to knock him out, but hard enough to hurt. Spike charged in what seemed to Xander like slow motion, he threw a right which was easily avoided, then a left which Xander blocked, then Xander delivered a right to the stomach, a left jab to the face, and a right uppercut to Spike's jaw. Spike stumbled back, he noticed that Xander had lazed for a momentary second though and charged full vamp speed. Xander found Spike's arms wrapped around his neck from behind him, and the only thing that kept him from snapping it was Xander's hands wedged in between his neck and Spikes hands.
"Alright, where did you go wrong?" Spike asked through his fangs as he held Xander in the predicament.
"I was complacent for a second, and that was enough." Xander said as he pulled at the hands. He held his body as still as he could trying not to give up the little leverage he still controlled.
"Correct, now what."
"I fight like a girl," Xander said with a snicker as he dropped his boot heavily on Spikes. Spike hopped back for a second and caught a spinning boot to the face. As he stumbled backwards Xander charged with almost the same speed Spike had done before, capturing Spike in the same situation. "What now deadboy?"
"Can you kill a vampire by breaking it's neck?"
"No, but I could try my powers out and see if I can rip your head off."
"That would be something, now wouldn't it. Bloody hell Harris, you can't beat me like this, the least you can hope for is someone to stake me while you hold me." Spike the flipped forward taking Xander with him. They landed on Xander's back, with Spike crushing into Xander from above. He stood quickly as Xander was out of breath and placed his boot right at Xander's throat.
"Okay, that's enough for today gentlemen." Giles voice broke in over the labored breath of both, one for good reason and the other just out of habit as he stepped off the bottom stair. "Xander, that was excellent for your first training session." Spike moved his boot out of his throat and extended him a hand up. As he stood he met Giles' eyes, "Well, I think I've seen my answer. What do you think Spike."
"I don't want to fight him." Spike said with a modest laugh trying to make his smart comment seem realistic. "Well, yeah I would, that was a pretty good go."
"At least I learned something from getting my ass kicked for the last seven years." Xander said to Spike with a smile. "How to trade quips while we fight." Xander laughed as the three walked up the stairs to find the others.
A little later, almost dark..
Dawn was sitting at the kitchen table doing research as Xander approached her. "Well, at least you know what your power is now," Dawn said to Xander with a smile.
"Listen Dawnie, this doesn't change a thing I said, you know that right?"
"Yeah, it's just harder being the only normal one."
"Well you have Andrew," Xander joked, he laughed so hard he could've fell over.
"That I do," Dawn said looking longingly through the kitchen door into the living room where he sat.
"Huh," was Xander's only audible reaction. His head was screaming, I thought he was gay, what did she mean by that, is there something I should be hurting Andrew for.
"Xander, how do you know when someone like's you the way that you like them?" Dawn asked looking into her friends eyes awaiting the answer she wanted rather badly.
Again though, all Xander could muster was an almost inaudible, "HUH?"
"You know, when can you tell how they feel? When they look at you, when they hold you, when?"
"If he's held you I have a bigger battle on my hand than an apocalypse, I'll have to save him from Buffy." Xander said with a chuckle as he tried to stray his mind from the situation, but couldn't. He had a flashback of Dawn dancing in the bronze and thinking about how hot she was, how hot she is. If anyone could make a gay boy straight it would be her he thought as he chuckled even louder.
~Seemed like a good stopping point. Anyways, the review that was worried this was going to be a Xander/Buffy, don't worry the only relationship I will delve into will be one with Dawn and Andrew, as impossible as that sounds because we all know that Andrew is obviously gay, so this is kind of a what if situation. Anyway the rest of the story will try and revolve around Xander's learning how to fight and deal with the situation. Read and Review, you must have already read so please review!!!!! Suggestions are very welcome, I don't really know where I am going with this.