A/N: Ok, I updated the story on the 11th, and have been in crunch mode on some other stories I've been neglecting. Big thanks to xanya-forever, who's reviewed more for this story than anyone else. Your thoughts are always welcomed. If I sounded bitchy on the last A/N, I didn't mean to be . . . entirely. Stress is to blame. But, I digress (my big word issue) Ok, I remembered I forgot to put the dates for the first two slayers I wrote about. Joelle was a slayer in 1735, and Cyn was a slayer in 1983 (they also died in those years). So, ok. Yeah so we move on to a new dead slayer. That still sounds incredibly weird.

Chapter Five: I Tried To Kill The Pain

Buffy saw the lantern light play on the cobbles. Lily walked into the street. She beckoned for Buffy to follow her. Lilly led the way to a dock, where a boat was slowly making it's way into the harbor.

"We be in Ay-talih"

"Where?"

"Italy."

"Oh."

"It's 1348. Tha' boat be carrying th' cause o' de Black Plague."

"Eew. Rats?"

"Nay, it's a demon."

A slight figure made it's way to the boat. A mighty scream of pain echoed in the empty night streets. The figure threw back her hood. A girl with chocolate brown hair watched from the shadows, her hands clutched tightly around the sword in her hand. She was waiting for It to emerge.

"Tha' there is Annunziata Mezzini. Sh' sixteen. . 'Er family is an offshoot of the De Medici family."

"Wow. So she's like a -"

"Noble? Aye. There wa' a prophecy 'bout Annunziata. Tha's why her name is Annunziata."

Annunziata made her way to the ship as a hulking figure emerged from the lower decks. Annuziata knew that only one person was alive on the ship. He wouldn't last long. Before her stood the huge beast. It's bone horns came from every angle of it's body. A thick green pus oozed from the scabby pores that covered it's body.

"Ew, worse than rats. It's a chaos demon. In all it's glory."

The demon charged at her, but Annunziata dodged the blows. Her sword found purchase in the demon's arm. It howled in pain. It raked at her flesh, blood spurting from the wound. Annunziata screamed in pain as the demon's pus slipped into the gaping wounds. Thick boils began to form on her skin. She tightened her grip on the sword and swung with all her might.

The demon's head hit the water, floating out to sea, as it's body hit the pavement. Annunziata hit the ground. She couldn't move. It hurt too much. The was a movement on the ship. Her eyes watched as he crept from it. He came to her side.

"Thank you, signora."

Annunziata couldn't speak. She couldn't form words. He left her side, believing she was dead. He touched the beast. She tried to shout, tried to warn him. He began to walk away. She sighed. He was not affected as she was. He would live. And from the corner of her eye she saw the rat. A flea jumped onto it's body from the demon. A single tear rolled down her cheek, as the rat ran off into the night.

Buffy wasn't shocked to see Annunziata beside her. It was kinda old hat now. Annunziata wouldn't turn to face her though.

"My name meant The bearer of news. I was to be the bearer of bad news. Because I did not have the strength to finish the job, thousands of people died of the Black Death. My lack of what was needed Do you know how many potential slayers were killed before they could even be called? Ten. Because of me. I am the bearer. Death truly was my gift."

Buffy couldn't say anything to this. She kept her head down. She knew how it was to have that guilt on her shoulders.

"I was buried with the common riff raff, denied the sanctity of my family's crypt. It was hard, because the demon paralyzed me. I died, buried alive three days later."

Buffy jerked her head up. She wasn't expecting that. Annunziata gave her a knowing look.

"That is the worst thing that could happen to a person."

Annunziata turned away from her, and then Lily was there. Leading her off to yet another door. It would suck to be buried alive.

A/N: Ok, I just rewrote what happened with the black death. Anyway, it was a short chapter. Sorry. There was a couple of slight spoilers for those who haven't seen S 6 or S 7. Hope you like it! Oh, and we get to see the slayer's version of what happened with Spike (Fool For Love)