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Chapter 12: Training
"Alright, Neville," Buffy started, they were in the same room that Buffy taught in and it was just the two of them and Ainnle and Liam. "I am going to teach you the basics and we will work from there, okay?" she asked and he nodded, looking a little bit nervous. "It's okay, Neville, there is no reason for you to be nervous."
"But what if I hurt you by accident?" he asked and looked at Buffy, because he was slightly taller than she was.
"Don't worry, I probably have had worse and it will all heal." She told him, "Alright, first thing you are going to learn is how to throw a punch."
"I know how to throw a punch."
"Show me." She told him and Neville threw his punch, but Buffy caught his hand. "Not bad, but the way you threw it would have caused you to break your thumb. Tuck it in, like this." She demonstrated the way she wanted him to hold his hand, when punching, "Next you drop your shoulder so I knew which arm you were going to use. That will come with time. Now do it again." Neville threw another punch and Buffy caught it once again. "Alright, that was better, I want you to practice throwing your punches. But now we are going to work on getting you in shape." She told him and he looked at her like she had grown a second head. "One of the reasons I am good is because I stay in good shape. Now, we are going to run around Hogwarts a couple of times and then do some sit ups and then push ups and then you are going to make use of this lovely equipment that I have, Duncan will help you. I have to go out and patrol." She told him and she waited for him to go and change into shorts and a t-shirt.
"Alright, let's go." They made their way outside, when they got out there Ainnle and Liam ran free, happy to be outside once again. They began to run, they were on their third time around when Buffy felt something, she motioned for Neville to stop and she waited for whatever it was to make an appearance.
"Hello, lover." Angelus said, stepping out of the darkness, dressed in shorts and a wife beater, Buffy groaned.
"What do you want?"
"I thought I had already answered that, but I will settle for your presence."
"Go away, I am teaching Neville."
"And what are you teaching him?"
"Obviously she is teaching him to train." Methos told Angelus, as he stepped out of the darkness, causing Buffy to groan again. "What do you want, vampire?" As Angelus and Methos started to argue, Buffy and Neville snuck away running back to the training room, where they locked the door.
"How did it go?" Duncan asked, causing Neville to jump, because he hadn't seen him in the room.
"Good," she said, "I want you to teach him to use the weights and everything." She turned to leave and then stopped and looked back at Duncan, "And you can behead Methos and Angelus for me," she told him, as an afterthought. Duncan started to laugh, which caused Buffy to hit him.
"Sorry, I just find it funny."
"I am so glad my love life is funny. They both act like two year olds, not like the two hundred and forty year old vampire he is and the five thousand year old immortal that he is." She said, pacing the length of the room. Before Duncan could reply, they heard a knocking at the door. "Great, they realized that I am no longer watching their pissing contest." She said, heading towards the opposite door, while Duncan went to unlock the other door. When Buffy was out of the room, Duncan unlocked the door and let Methos in.
"Where did she go?"
"Mhhmm," Duncan said, "Let's think about this, it's night time, she is an immortal vampire slayer, where do you think she went?" Methos glared at him with a look that said, 'Duh! I knew that, but where did she go to patrol.' Duncan simply shrugged and went over to help Neville with the weights, Methos sighed and headed out into the darkness.
Forbidden Forest
As soon as Buffy had stepped into the forest a centaur and a couple unicorns assaulted her.
"Hey guys. How are you doing?" she asked, petting the unicorns, which were all rushing forward to get her attention.
"We are doing well." The centaur stated, "But something has been scarring the spiders and other creatures out of Hogwarts." He told her and then leaned down, so that she could climb onto his back. "We fear that someone may have opened the Chamber of Secrets." Buffy tensed as she felt something coming towards them, but she recognized the feeling as Angelus and Methos, coming from different directions.
"I don't suppose you would want to beat up an old vampire and an even older immortal." Buffy asked and the centaur looked at her in confusion.
"I have no idea what this beat up means."
"To give bruises to, to maim, torture, etc." Buffy supplied, looking very hopeful.
"No, I would not like to beat them up, but I can take you further into the woods where they cannot follow."
"Sure, but you will bring me back, right? And Ainnle and Liam will be able to follow?" she asked and the centaur nodded, Buffy whistled for Liam and Ainnle, who responded immediately and soon they were on their way. They reached a smaller clearing and Buffy could feel a couple of vampires on their way, so she slid off the centaurs back and waited.
Five vampires entered the clearing and Ainnle and Liam immediately attacked, taking down two of them, while Buffy threw a stake into the heart of anther one and pulled out her sword, ready for the battle to begin. The first vampire attacked and Buffy beheaded him, the second one was a bit more cautiously, but he was beheaded shortly, so Ainnle let his vampire up and Buffy beheaded him too. Liam let his vampire up and seemed to give it a chance, but the vampire ran straight into the stake Buffy was holding.
"Very good." The centaur said, "But we must get you back to Hogwarts now." So, Buffy climbed onto his back and they made their way to the outskirts of the forbidden forest, where Methos and Angelus were waiting.
"Do you know how dangerous it is for you to be patrolling by yourself?" Methos asked, "Just because you are immortal does not mean that you can take unnecessary risks."
"Chill, Methos," Buffy said, as she slid off of the centaurs back and onto the ground, immediately Ainnle and Liam got between her and her two angry paramours. "Thank you, I will see you tomorrow." She said to the centaur and waved as he turned to leave the forbidden forest, before turning back to two pissed off men. She looked them both over and noticed that not a hair seemed to be out of place. "Are you guys finally playing nice with each other?"
"In a way." Angelus said, as he circled her, while Liam made sure to stay between the two of them. Buffy raised and eyebrow and waited for Angelus to continue, "Nope, that would be telling." He said, smirking at her, causing Buffy to want to hit him, she looked at his hand and noticed the gem still there.
'Damn, he just had to take away my fun.' She thought and both males laughed.
"Could you guys just stay out of my head?"
"But it is more fun this way." Angelus told her.
"You and your damn mind games." She said, angrily, "You and Methos should go on a freaking date, because you two are much more suited for each other." She told them and turned around in angry, missing Angelus go into game face and Methos put on his angry face.
"So," Angelus said, turning to Methos, "Want to go on a date?" he asked and when Methos tried to hit him, Angelus started to laugh. "I will take that as a no. Shame," he said, looking Methos over and Methos suddenly knew what it was like to be female, "it could have been fun." Angelus winked at Methos, before following the slayer inside, leaving Methos blushing.
Chapter 12: Training
"Alright, Neville," Buffy started, they were in the same room that Buffy taught in and it was just the two of them and Ainnle and Liam. "I am going to teach you the basics and we will work from there, okay?" she asked and he nodded, looking a little bit nervous. "It's okay, Neville, there is no reason for you to be nervous."
"But what if I hurt you by accident?" he asked and looked at Buffy, because he was slightly taller than she was.
"Don't worry, I probably have had worse and it will all heal." She told him, "Alright, first thing you are going to learn is how to throw a punch."
"I know how to throw a punch."
"Show me." She told him and Neville threw his punch, but Buffy caught his hand. "Not bad, but the way you threw it would have caused you to break your thumb. Tuck it in, like this." She demonstrated the way she wanted him to hold his hand, when punching, "Next you drop your shoulder so I knew which arm you were going to use. That will come with time. Now do it again." Neville threw another punch and Buffy caught it once again. "Alright, that was better, I want you to practice throwing your punches. But now we are going to work on getting you in shape." She told him and he looked at her like she had grown a second head. "One of the reasons I am good is because I stay in good shape. Now, we are going to run around Hogwarts a couple of times and then do some sit ups and then push ups and then you are going to make use of this lovely equipment that I have, Duncan will help you. I have to go out and patrol." She told him and she waited for him to go and change into shorts and a t-shirt.
"Alright, let's go." They made their way outside, when they got out there Ainnle and Liam ran free, happy to be outside once again. They began to run, they were on their third time around when Buffy felt something, she motioned for Neville to stop and she waited for whatever it was to make an appearance.
"Hello, lover." Angelus said, stepping out of the darkness, dressed in shorts and a wife beater, Buffy groaned.
"What do you want?"
"I thought I had already answered that, but I will settle for your presence."
"Go away, I am teaching Neville."
"And what are you teaching him?"
"Obviously she is teaching him to train." Methos told Angelus, as he stepped out of the darkness, causing Buffy to groan again. "What do you want, vampire?" As Angelus and Methos started to argue, Buffy and Neville snuck away running back to the training room, where they locked the door.
"How did it go?" Duncan asked, causing Neville to jump, because he hadn't seen him in the room.
"Good," she said, "I want you to teach him to use the weights and everything." She turned to leave and then stopped and looked back at Duncan, "And you can behead Methos and Angelus for me," she told him, as an afterthought. Duncan started to laugh, which caused Buffy to hit him.
"Sorry, I just find it funny."
"I am so glad my love life is funny. They both act like two year olds, not like the two hundred and forty year old vampire he is and the five thousand year old immortal that he is." She said, pacing the length of the room. Before Duncan could reply, they heard a knocking at the door. "Great, they realized that I am no longer watching their pissing contest." She said, heading towards the opposite door, while Duncan went to unlock the other door. When Buffy was out of the room, Duncan unlocked the door and let Methos in.
"Where did she go?"
"Mhhmm," Duncan said, "Let's think about this, it's night time, she is an immortal vampire slayer, where do you think she went?" Methos glared at him with a look that said, 'Duh! I knew that, but where did she go to patrol.' Duncan simply shrugged and went over to help Neville with the weights, Methos sighed and headed out into the darkness.
Forbidden Forest
As soon as Buffy had stepped into the forest a centaur and a couple unicorns assaulted her.
"Hey guys. How are you doing?" she asked, petting the unicorns, which were all rushing forward to get her attention.
"We are doing well." The centaur stated, "But something has been scarring the spiders and other creatures out of Hogwarts." He told her and then leaned down, so that she could climb onto his back. "We fear that someone may have opened the Chamber of Secrets." Buffy tensed as she felt something coming towards them, but she recognized the feeling as Angelus and Methos, coming from different directions.
"I don't suppose you would want to beat up an old vampire and an even older immortal." Buffy asked and the centaur looked at her in confusion.
"I have no idea what this beat up means."
"To give bruises to, to maim, torture, etc." Buffy supplied, looking very hopeful.
"No, I would not like to beat them up, but I can take you further into the woods where they cannot follow."
"Sure, but you will bring me back, right? And Ainnle and Liam will be able to follow?" she asked and the centaur nodded, Buffy whistled for Liam and Ainnle, who responded immediately and soon they were on their way. They reached a smaller clearing and Buffy could feel a couple of vampires on their way, so she slid off the centaurs back and waited.
Five vampires entered the clearing and Ainnle and Liam immediately attacked, taking down two of them, while Buffy threw a stake into the heart of anther one and pulled out her sword, ready for the battle to begin. The first vampire attacked and Buffy beheaded him, the second one was a bit more cautiously, but he was beheaded shortly, so Ainnle let his vampire up and Buffy beheaded him too. Liam let his vampire up and seemed to give it a chance, but the vampire ran straight into the stake Buffy was holding.
"Very good." The centaur said, "But we must get you back to Hogwarts now." So, Buffy climbed onto his back and they made their way to the outskirts of the forbidden forest, where Methos and Angelus were waiting.
"Do you know how dangerous it is for you to be patrolling by yourself?" Methos asked, "Just because you are immortal does not mean that you can take unnecessary risks."
"Chill, Methos," Buffy said, as she slid off of the centaurs back and onto the ground, immediately Ainnle and Liam got between her and her two angry paramours. "Thank you, I will see you tomorrow." She said to the centaur and waved as he turned to leave the forbidden forest, before turning back to two pissed off men. She looked them both over and noticed that not a hair seemed to be out of place. "Are you guys finally playing nice with each other?"
"In a way." Angelus said, as he circled her, while Liam made sure to stay between the two of them. Buffy raised and eyebrow and waited for Angelus to continue, "Nope, that would be telling." He said, smirking at her, causing Buffy to want to hit him, she looked at his hand and noticed the gem still there.
'Damn, he just had to take away my fun.' She thought and both males laughed.
"Could you guys just stay out of my head?"
"But it is more fun this way." Angelus told her.
"You and your damn mind games." She said, angrily, "You and Methos should go on a freaking date, because you two are much more suited for each other." She told them and turned around in angry, missing Angelus go into game face and Methos put on his angry face.
"So," Angelus said, turning to Methos, "Want to go on a date?" he asked and when Methos tried to hit him, Angelus started to laugh. "I will take that as a no. Shame," he said, looking Methos over and Methos suddenly knew what it was like to be female, "it could have been fun." Angelus winked at Methos, before following the slayer inside, leaving Methos blushing.