Chapter 6
The vampire trio watched on as Jennifer did her job and kicked the monster's ass. Buffy was in awe at her flawless fighting technique and how her punches and kicks came out like a ballet of fist and flying feet. Buffy started to wonder if she'd ever been that good and then it hit her that she might not even be able to beat this new slayer in a fight if she tried.
It wasn't long before the beast was on the ground with a snapped neck and Jennifer was on her way to do some more patrolling. Angel looked at Buffy with comforting eyes and then he said something that she hadn't been expecting.
"You need to go talk to her", he said as he kept his big dark eyes on hers.
The surprise showed on her face as her mouth dropped open. "What?" She had to fight to keep her voice down. "What do you mean I need to talk to her? You just saw her; she might kill me."
"You'll have to take that chance. You must let her know that you are on her side."
"I agree with this bloat", Spike spoke as he stood up. "You need to walk right over to her and say 'Hey Slayer we need to talk'."
"Shut up Spike", Angel and Buffy said in unison. They all stood up, Buffy moving the slowest, and started out of the bushes.
"If I get staked I'm coming back to kick your ass and you know I can. I've come back from the grave more times that I can remember." No one laughed.
They strutted out of the wooded area and suddenly it hit Buffy that they were staring right at Jennifer Longheart. She wore a little smirk and had a stake in each hand. Behind her there was an older man that was presumably her watcher. It was nice to see that the council still cared.
"Hello Buffy", the man said. "I've been waiting eagerly to meet and converse with you."
"Talk with me?" She said in an almost surprised voice. "Why do you want talk to me?"
"I think that we have much to discuss", he had a very creepy vibe to him. He pulled out a very large and old leather bound book that was labeled in some language that she didn't know.
"The Hiruto", Angel said. "How do you have that?"
"What's the Hiruto?" Buffy asked.
"The elders in the ancient Vampire City of Elshimo wrote the Hiruto. The book was believed to be a myth and hadn't been seen since the fall of the city. The book was supposed to have every vampire-related prophecy till the end of time. I've been searching for it for a long time." He answered with a bit of curiosity lining his voice.
"Very good Angel. In one of the more famous prophecies it tells of the light that turns to dark, in translation that means the slayer that is turned into a vampire. This is why Jennifer and I are here, not to fight you. You see I know this prophecy front to back and it has captured my curiosity to a great level."
"Read it", she demanded.
He smiled a bit and didn't even open the book as he began reciting the prophecy. "And the light shall be turned to dark. The woman shall stand for good even as a walker-of-the-night, but this will only last for a limited period of time. One hundred and fifty solar cycles and she will become the worst of all evil." He paused. "Five months after you were sired and you will be the most feared monster on the face of the earth." He started up again. "This can be altered if she collects the blood of the Yotio demons and consumes it. This, and only this, can turn any vampire into a human again. The dark will be turned to light once more and the balance will be restored."
Angel, Buffy, and Spike just stood in amazement of what he'd just read to them. All three of them would give anything to become human again and it would only work for one person. A hard choice was approaching them.
"I can tell you that all three of the Yotio demon that are needed can be found in Sunnydale but it will not be easy to collect them. I tell you this because I am curious to see how this will turn out. I will be in touch." He turned around and disappeared into the shadows with Jennifer just behind him.
"Isn't that always the way; give you a bit of info and off into the night they go", he said. "Kind of a teaser isn't he?" Spike said.
"I can be human again?" Buffy said it as if she hadn't really believed him. "I'll get to see my reflection, have friends, and have a pulse."
"And if you don't find the Yotio demons in less than two months you are going to become a true monster." Angel never did let anything slide.
"Wait a tick, what says that she should get this second chance? I've been a vampire a hell of a lot longer than she has. I think it's about time that I--", he was cut off by Angel's fist slamming into the bridge of his nose. After a satisfying crunch of breaking cartridge, Spike fell to the ground.
Buffy looked at Angel as if she didn't quite understand why he'd just knocked Spike cold out.
"We need to tie him up. He is going to try to find the Yotio demons himself; we can't let him do that." He said it with a certainty to his voice that she had gotten used to.
"Angel, are you sure about this?"
"About tying Spike up?"
"No, about letting me become human again. I know that you've been working to become human for a long time and this might be your shot."
Angel's smirk began to form at the corners of his mouth and he blinked a few times with his chocolate colored eyes. "Buffy, I love you. I want you to have this because you have more to live for. You still have friends and I don't."
Buffy blinked a few times. She was more dumbfounded by what she'd just heard that anything else that had happened in the past few months. "You still love me?"
He looked at her for a moment as if he could tell her everything just by looking at her. "Buffy, I haven't always been the most revealing person, but I do love you. I always have." He felt foolish for telling her so and as soon as the words found their way out of his mouth he wished he could take them back. He was used to living in regret.
She took a step closer to him and a few water droplets fell, landing on their exposed skin. They could both sense the oncoming downpour.
"We should probably get inside. The rain is about to--", Buffy stop him short by placing her lips on his with a tender kiss. She hadn't even expected herself to actually kiss him again and with so much passion at that. She was caught up in the moment and she knew in her heart that it was going to be up to Angel to stop her.
He returned her kiss and his tongue broke through her lips and entered her mouth. She let her lips open up a little bit more and she let her tongue do the same. Before she knew it they were both kissing with more passion and heat than she'd ever felt before. He wrapped his arms around her and let his left hand run through her hair before he gave it a soft little tug.
She ripped at the buttons on his collared shirt and his chest became exposed as the rain really started to fall hard. All around them there was a ballet of water explosion and the cool wind wrapped itself around the couple. The surrounding boughs started to sway and the woods quickly became an orchestra that played a personal song for Buffy and Angel.
He pulled his shirt off as she did the same, up and over her head, exposing a blood red bra. He pulled her down to the ground with him on his back with her sitting on him, one leg on either side. He quickly discovered the advantages to the skirt that she wore.
Angel knew he should stop, but he couldn't bring himself to say so. Buffy reached around behind her and unclipped the red bra and she tossed it off to the side. The rain was coming down in droplets so large that they could distinguish every individual one on their naked skin. Buffy's breast were perky and Angle's mouth began to water with a craving that he couldn't suppress.
Through some amazing maneuvering, Buffy had her panties off and Angels pants at his ankles. Before either of them knew what was happening, he was inside of her and he suddenly remembered the warmth that she had. After a few passionate minutes the deed was done and they sat panting for a moment.
"Oh God", Angel said under his breath.
Buffy pulled away just far enough to look into his eyes and she knew that they'd done wrong. In his darker than dark pupils there was a glowing white orb that she'd seen before.
"Angel?" She said and she already knew that he was gone.
He started to laugh as they lay there on the ground, getting soaked by the oncoming rain.
"Sorry sweetheart but Angel has left the building", Angelus said. He said it with that unmistakable evil in his voice. "Things are about to get a hell of a lot more interesting."
(Things to come: Spike wants to be human. Angelus wants to be human. Buffy wants to be human. A battle is going to start between the three of them for the Yotio demon's blood and only one can get it. What monster will Buffy become if she doesn't get the blood? Only the upcoming chapters will reveal the answers to these questions so read and find out.)
The vampire trio watched on as Jennifer did her job and kicked the monster's ass. Buffy was in awe at her flawless fighting technique and how her punches and kicks came out like a ballet of fist and flying feet. Buffy started to wonder if she'd ever been that good and then it hit her that she might not even be able to beat this new slayer in a fight if she tried.
It wasn't long before the beast was on the ground with a snapped neck and Jennifer was on her way to do some more patrolling. Angel looked at Buffy with comforting eyes and then he said something that she hadn't been expecting.
"You need to go talk to her", he said as he kept his big dark eyes on hers.
The surprise showed on her face as her mouth dropped open. "What?" She had to fight to keep her voice down. "What do you mean I need to talk to her? You just saw her; she might kill me."
"You'll have to take that chance. You must let her know that you are on her side."
"I agree with this bloat", Spike spoke as he stood up. "You need to walk right over to her and say 'Hey Slayer we need to talk'."
"Shut up Spike", Angel and Buffy said in unison. They all stood up, Buffy moving the slowest, and started out of the bushes.
"If I get staked I'm coming back to kick your ass and you know I can. I've come back from the grave more times that I can remember." No one laughed.
They strutted out of the wooded area and suddenly it hit Buffy that they were staring right at Jennifer Longheart. She wore a little smirk and had a stake in each hand. Behind her there was an older man that was presumably her watcher. It was nice to see that the council still cared.
"Hello Buffy", the man said. "I've been waiting eagerly to meet and converse with you."
"Talk with me?" She said in an almost surprised voice. "Why do you want talk to me?"
"I think that we have much to discuss", he had a very creepy vibe to him. He pulled out a very large and old leather bound book that was labeled in some language that she didn't know.
"The Hiruto", Angel said. "How do you have that?"
"What's the Hiruto?" Buffy asked.
"The elders in the ancient Vampire City of Elshimo wrote the Hiruto. The book was believed to be a myth and hadn't been seen since the fall of the city. The book was supposed to have every vampire-related prophecy till the end of time. I've been searching for it for a long time." He answered with a bit of curiosity lining his voice.
"Very good Angel. In one of the more famous prophecies it tells of the light that turns to dark, in translation that means the slayer that is turned into a vampire. This is why Jennifer and I are here, not to fight you. You see I know this prophecy front to back and it has captured my curiosity to a great level."
"Read it", she demanded.
He smiled a bit and didn't even open the book as he began reciting the prophecy. "And the light shall be turned to dark. The woman shall stand for good even as a walker-of-the-night, but this will only last for a limited period of time. One hundred and fifty solar cycles and she will become the worst of all evil." He paused. "Five months after you were sired and you will be the most feared monster on the face of the earth." He started up again. "This can be altered if she collects the blood of the Yotio demons and consumes it. This, and only this, can turn any vampire into a human again. The dark will be turned to light once more and the balance will be restored."
Angel, Buffy, and Spike just stood in amazement of what he'd just read to them. All three of them would give anything to become human again and it would only work for one person. A hard choice was approaching them.
"I can tell you that all three of the Yotio demon that are needed can be found in Sunnydale but it will not be easy to collect them. I tell you this because I am curious to see how this will turn out. I will be in touch." He turned around and disappeared into the shadows with Jennifer just behind him.
"Isn't that always the way; give you a bit of info and off into the night they go", he said. "Kind of a teaser isn't he?" Spike said.
"I can be human again?" Buffy said it as if she hadn't really believed him. "I'll get to see my reflection, have friends, and have a pulse."
"And if you don't find the Yotio demons in less than two months you are going to become a true monster." Angel never did let anything slide.
"Wait a tick, what says that she should get this second chance? I've been a vampire a hell of a lot longer than she has. I think it's about time that I--", he was cut off by Angel's fist slamming into the bridge of his nose. After a satisfying crunch of breaking cartridge, Spike fell to the ground.
Buffy looked at Angel as if she didn't quite understand why he'd just knocked Spike cold out.
"We need to tie him up. He is going to try to find the Yotio demons himself; we can't let him do that." He said it with a certainty to his voice that she had gotten used to.
"Angel, are you sure about this?"
"About tying Spike up?"
"No, about letting me become human again. I know that you've been working to become human for a long time and this might be your shot."
Angel's smirk began to form at the corners of his mouth and he blinked a few times with his chocolate colored eyes. "Buffy, I love you. I want you to have this because you have more to live for. You still have friends and I don't."
Buffy blinked a few times. She was more dumbfounded by what she'd just heard that anything else that had happened in the past few months. "You still love me?"
He looked at her for a moment as if he could tell her everything just by looking at her. "Buffy, I haven't always been the most revealing person, but I do love you. I always have." He felt foolish for telling her so and as soon as the words found their way out of his mouth he wished he could take them back. He was used to living in regret.
She took a step closer to him and a few water droplets fell, landing on their exposed skin. They could both sense the oncoming downpour.
"We should probably get inside. The rain is about to--", Buffy stop him short by placing her lips on his with a tender kiss. She hadn't even expected herself to actually kiss him again and with so much passion at that. She was caught up in the moment and she knew in her heart that it was going to be up to Angel to stop her.
He returned her kiss and his tongue broke through her lips and entered her mouth. She let her lips open up a little bit more and she let her tongue do the same. Before she knew it they were both kissing with more passion and heat than she'd ever felt before. He wrapped his arms around her and let his left hand run through her hair before he gave it a soft little tug.
She ripped at the buttons on his collared shirt and his chest became exposed as the rain really started to fall hard. All around them there was a ballet of water explosion and the cool wind wrapped itself around the couple. The surrounding boughs started to sway and the woods quickly became an orchestra that played a personal song for Buffy and Angel.
He pulled his shirt off as she did the same, up and over her head, exposing a blood red bra. He pulled her down to the ground with him on his back with her sitting on him, one leg on either side. He quickly discovered the advantages to the skirt that she wore.
Angel knew he should stop, but he couldn't bring himself to say so. Buffy reached around behind her and unclipped the red bra and she tossed it off to the side. The rain was coming down in droplets so large that they could distinguish every individual one on their naked skin. Buffy's breast were perky and Angle's mouth began to water with a craving that he couldn't suppress.
Through some amazing maneuvering, Buffy had her panties off and Angels pants at his ankles. Before either of them knew what was happening, he was inside of her and he suddenly remembered the warmth that she had. After a few passionate minutes the deed was done and they sat panting for a moment.
"Oh God", Angel said under his breath.
Buffy pulled away just far enough to look into his eyes and she knew that they'd done wrong. In his darker than dark pupils there was a glowing white orb that she'd seen before.
"Angel?" She said and she already knew that he was gone.
He started to laugh as they lay there on the ground, getting soaked by the oncoming rain.
"Sorry sweetheart but Angel has left the building", Angelus said. He said it with that unmistakable evil in his voice. "Things are about to get a hell of a lot more interesting."
(Things to come: Spike wants to be human. Angelus wants to be human. Buffy wants to be human. A battle is going to start between the three of them for the Yotio demon's blood and only one can get it. What monster will Buffy become if she doesn't get the blood? Only the upcoming chapters will reveal the answers to these questions so read and find out.)
