Thanks for the reviews I got. They really help me right these chapters faster. If you like this story check out my other one called problems with the soul and tell me what you think. Also to salvory, don't worry about xander so much it's just a little curse, he'll be alright I promise. lol

Seriously though the curse won't last for long and the action after the curse that Xander does will be purely his own. Also someone brought it to my attention that I was using bad grammer, well most of the people in this fanfic are from jamaica and the jamaican's I've met never spoke perfect english and it sounds more like how I write it.

So the spelling is intentional. Anyway on with the next chapter.

Chapter 8

"Akin?" Sheila asked as she shrank back.

"Yes, thanks for releasing me." he said as he did a flip to get back to his feet. Then he looked over and saw the old woman.

"Ahhhh, Miss Mabinty how long has it been, 150 -200 years?"

"Akin you are not welcomed in dis world!" Miss Mabinty said as she stood to her feet. "Flee from dis world and give dat boy back his body." she ordered.

"Give him his body back?" Akin asked taking a look around. "Yes give him his body back, only for an old hag like yourself to do something else with it. I see what you two have been up to ladies." he said in exasperation.

As he turned his attention to Sheila, Miss Mabinty gathered a brown looking powder and said a quick incantation. Before she was able to blow it on Akin, he raised his hand to her and an invisible force came out and struck her, forcibly flinging her into a wall.

Seeing Sheila trying to run, he said a quick sleeping spell and she fell right were she stood. With a smile on his face he gathered The Hunters mask and ran to the basement area. Seeing the wall that he needed he reached back and punched the wall as hard as he could. Making the cloaking spell shatter.


Kendra bounced around the house with a smile on her face. She was going to meet with Xander tonight and it was just something about it that made her so happy. Grabbing her favorite stake, Mr. Pointy, she made a break for the door.

"Kendra you seem overly happy tonight." Mr Zabuto pointed out.

"I'm just going on me patrol, sir." Kendra said shyly.

"So beating and killing puts a smile on your face then?" Zabuto asked with a large smile. Kendra's face was burning red with embarrasment.

"No sir, I'm just meeting with Xander."

Now Zabuto totally understood. Kendra must have had a little crush on Xander. As Kendra was growing up he always kept her from children her own age, especially boys. It wasn't because he wanted to be harsh with her, rather he didn't want to interrupt her training. Besides he always thought that a Slayer should operate in secrecy. So the less people who knew of her the better.

"Do you need any company?" Zabuto asked.

"No!" Kendra almost shouted. "I mean no sir. I tink me and Xander can handle it."

"Very well." Zabuto said with a smug smile. He knew that she must have a crush. "Go and have a good hunt. I don't know why but I feel that your life will change forever tonight."

"Alright, I'll be back soon sir." Kendra said as she walked out of the door.


The Hunter begins suiting up for his nightly hunt -- strapping on body armor and loading ammunition. He found some all black clothes so he put those on as well. As he picked up some swords from the wall he begins to twirl them in his hands.

The weight of all the swords were off balance to him, so he quickly put them back down. Having a stray memory, one of Xander's memories, he remembered a sword in Xander's room. Making sure he had everything he needed he quickly ran upstairs.

As he was passing by one of the rooms, he suddenly stops. Curious to why he does so he opens the door and sees a little girl, sound asleep. Walking into the room he looks down at her sleeping form and smiles.

Xander found out a way to whisper to him and he told him that no matter what to protect the girl. Stroking the girls forehead with his thumb, he turns to leave.

"Xander?" Dierdre asked as she opened her eyes.

"Yes my dear." he said as he turned around and smiled at her.

"I'm scared." she replied with a slight pout.

"Don't be scared my dear." he replied as he walked over to the bed and sat down beside her.

"But de bad men will come ta get me." Dierdre said as she began to shiver. "Can I sleep in de bed with you?"

"I tell you what." Xander/Akin said as he stood to his feet. "I have to go and take care of some.....business, why don't you go to sleep in my bed and I'll be back for you later."

"Okay." Dierdre said excitedly as she got out of bed, kissed Xander on the cheek, and walked out of her room. Akin watched her retreating form with a smile, that quickly turned into a scowl. Now was not the time to pamper to the needs of Xander's little sister. Now was the time for the hunt.

Gathering his sword he fled the house. Because The Hunter was back.


As Kendra walked through the dark and dissolate forest area, she clutched her stake as she felt a demonic presense behind her. Turning, she was just able to avoid a backhander. Looking up at her would be attacker she see's that it's a vampire.

"Die Slayer." It growled as it did a spin kick. Ducking under the move, Kendra did a spinkick of her own connecting with the vampire's jaw. As the vamp fell to the ground, Kendra quickly brought out Mr. Pointy and stabbed the vampire in the heart. As the vampire looked at her surprised, he quickly crumbled into dust.

"Dat was easy." Kendra said as she turned to leave. Upon doing so she saw seven vampires emerge out of the darkness and surround her.

"Or maybe not." she commented. As she jumped into a fighting stance she felt another presense behind her. With lighting quick speed she brought her stake up and was prepared to stab whomever it was behind her, until her arm was stopped.

Looking up she see's that Xander has her arm in an increasingly strong grip. Her eye's going wide she began to babble.

"Xander I'm sorry, I almost......"

" Hold that thought." Xander/Akin said cutting her off as he pointed over at the vamps. " Let me handle these guys." With that Xander turned around and leaped practically the whole distance between him and the vampires. Kendra could almost swear she saw his eyes become a milky white.

She saw Xander move almost lazily and avoid the blows from the vampires. As fast as they seemed to move, Xander seemed to move even slower but none of the blows connected. An open palm strike delivered lightly to one of the vampires chest sent him stumbling back. Xander followed up with a kick to the one behind him and a tornado spinning kick to the one that tried to run up on him.

As the vampires started to advance on him again, Xander suddenly unsheathed a sword. Seeing the sword, three vamps chose to fight Kendra instead.

Kendra executed a full spinning hook kick to the nearest vampires face, knocking him to his knees. Another vampire followed up with two kicks to her stomach sending her to the muddy ground. Rolling to her feet she did an uppercut punch to another vampire sending him flying in the air.

As the vampire that she had hit earlier started to rise. She quickly took her stake and stabbed him in the heart making him burst into dust before moving to another opponent.

A large African american vampire, who was probably a body builder before he was turned, backhanded Kendra in her face knocking the stake from her hand. Using the momentum from his punch, she turned around and snapped out a high kick to his face. Her rival stumbled backwards, eager to take advantage she leapt into the air and attempted a double roundhouse kick that the vampire blocked before stepping backwards, She followed up with a backhand punch that was also blocked but whirled around and punched her foe in the face with her other hand. Dazed by her attack the vampire couldn't stop kendra's stake from coming towards his chest instantly turning him into dust. Before the dust settled a fist came out of the cloud of ash and hit kendra in the face.

Rocked by the vampires attack, Kendra dropped to the ground, but quickly retaliated with a sweep kick at his legs that sent him to the ground. She scrambled back up, and launched a pair of roundhouse kicks that he just blocked before attempting a high crescent kick, that he slid smoothly under before coming back up with a spinning back kick that hit her squarely in the back, sending her to her knees. In an instant her rival had her in a choke hold around her neck. Grabbing her rival's arm she flipped him off, both of them landing in a heap.

The vampire was the first to make it to his feet. As he slowly walked over to her she noticed that the stake she had during the fight was gone,

"Kendra!"

She glanced to one side and caught the stake as it flipped through the air to her, nodding briefly to Xander in thanks, she did a flip to get back to her feet. Ducking under the vampires lazy punch she caught him with a spinning kick to the temple and then planted the stake heavily in his chest. Sending the demon crumbling into dust.

Dusting the vampire dust off of her body, Kendra slowly looks over at Xander. She immediately noticed that something seemed... off about him. When she first met Xander he seemed goofy and overall someone who didn't seem as if he could hold his own in a fight. But looking at him now he held himself as if he were a warrior As he sheathed his sword, he walked over to her.

"That was a good hunt, Slayer." Xander said in a more cultured voice. Kendra glared at him for a second. Something definately was off about him.

"Xander what's wrong, you seem... different?" Kendra asked. Before Xander/Akin could answer a scream permeated the air.

Kendra looked over her shoulder to try to determine where the scream came from. As she looked back in front of her to ask Xander if he wanted to help her investigate the scream. She found that Xander was already gone.

TBC....

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