Hi everyone I am and I am sad to announce that I have heard from my muse that the end of this fic is approaching fast there maybe one or two more chapters after this one but fear not I plan on a sequel provided that I get enough positive feed back so please enjoy this chapter that I am now writing for you.
The Holy Blade
Chapter 13
The week passed quickly by for the group of warriors that defend the world from darkness. There was now only one day until the eclipse and the return of Selabdule, and things were not going well for the warriors.
After many hours training Xander was only able to tap into seven percent of Daystars power, no new information was found on Selabdule, and worst of all, the Halliwell manner was out of coffee.
"I can't believe you're out of coffee," Xander said to Piper.
"Well maybe if you didn't drink three to five cups a day we wouldn't be out," Piper shot back.
"I need the caffeine," Xander responded in anger.
"What for?" Piper asked.
"Hello! I need the energy for my training!" Xander yelled.
"Don't yell at me," Piper said as she walked over to Xander and smacked the back off his head. "Now what's wrong with you, apart from the lack of caffeine?" Piper asked the young man.
"I just don't know if I can do this," The one eyed man mumbled as he sat down in a chair.
"What do you mean?" Piper asked as she sat down next too him.
"Seeing as how I've only had a week to train, not to mention that I can't tap into more then seven percent of Daystars powers," Xander answered.
"What difference does that make?" Piper asked with confusion written on her face.
"Think about for minute, the guy who originally beat Selabdule had to use all of his powers to beat him, and even after that his body turned into a freaking sword," Xander explained to the witch, who still had a confused look. "I can only tap into seven percent of the power that was originally used to beat Selabdule," Xander continued.
"So your worried that since you only have access to a small amount of that power, you won't be able to beat Selabdule," Piper finished for him.
"Exactly," Xander responded.
"Well Xander if also have to take into account that you have at least two slayers, the Charmed Ones, another powerful witch, and that's only the people that will be in the main fight, you also have an elder and a whitelighter watching your back," Piper explained to the young man.
"Good point," Xander replied with a grin.
"I know, now chill out, you have plenty of support for the fight and Phoebe and Paige should come back from the supermarket with coffee right about now," Piper said.
A few seconds later the sound of the front door being opened and the voices of the other two Halliwell sisters were clearly heard.
"How did you do that?" Xander asked the witch.
Piper's only reply was a grin as she got up from the table and walked out of the kitchen just as Phoebe and Paige walked in with the groceries.
"Hey, what did we miss?" Phoebe asked as she started putting the food into the cupboards.
"Nothing much, I yelled about the lack of coffee and Piper gave me a pep talk, after hitting me on the head about aforementioned yelling," Xander replied while Paige sat down in his lap.
"A pep talk about what?" Paige asked.
"I was a little nervous about the upcoming return of a centuries old demon," Xander replied.
"So, only one day left," Paige said as she snuggled in closer to Xander.
"Yup, one day," Xander replied as he wrapped his arms around Paige.
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Meanwhile on the other side of town in the hotel that the Slayers were staying at Buffy was far from calm as well.
"I don't get it I know I put in here somewhere," Buffy said as she tore around her room.
"It's not in my room," Willow said walking through the door with Giles behind her.
"Buffy what are you looking for?" Giles asked the blond slayer.
"The scythe, I know I put in here somewhere," Buffy said as she continued to tear around the room.
"Buffy, the scythe is right there," Giles said pointing to a shelf in the closet where the ancient weapon sat.
"Oh, right," Buffy said as she walked over and picked up the weapon.
"Why were you looking for that anyway?" Willow asked while gesturing to the weapon.
"Well I figure it may come in handy against Selabdule," Buffy replied, taking a few practice swings.
"Buffy, Daystar is the only weapon that can harm Selabdule," Giles said to the blond slayer.
"Yeah I know, but this weapon was forged to kill the last of the pure demons so it may come in handy," Buffy responded while putting the scythe into a bag on her bed.
A few seconds later Faith walked into the room with Robin following right behind.
"Giles I think we might have a problem," Faith said to the British man.
"What?" Giles asked, concern showing on his face.
"We know that this demon dude returns tomorrow right," Faith began to explain. "But we have no idea where," She finished while staring at Giles.
"Good lord, your right," Giles responded, suddenly very worried.
"This is bad isn't it?" Willow asked.
"Not if we can find out where we is gonna show," Robin replied.
"I'll call Xander," Faith said, pulling out a cell phone.
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Ten minutes later Xander and Leo orbed into the room both wearing grim looks.
"This is bad," Xander said, after his stomach had settled from the orbing.
"Ya think," Faith replied sarcastically.
"Shut up," Xander shot back before turning to Giles, "Is there any way to find out where Selabdule will return?" The former carpenter asked.
"None that I can think of right now, but I was hoping that Leo and the other elders would be able to help," Giles responded.
"I'll get right on it," Leo replied before orbing out of the room.
Xander then sat down in a chair that is in the room and faced the gathered group of people. "Any other bad news?" he asked with a grin.
"We want you to come with us to Cleveland once this is all over," Buffy replied.
"Still on that kick I see," Xander said with a smirk before continuing. "Sorry, but not a chance in hell," he finished.
"Why not, we're your friends and you'll be happier with us," Willow said in a pleading voice.
"How do you know that I will be happier with you?" Xander asked in a neutral tone.
"We just do, right Giles," Buffy responded while turning to her mentor.
Giles looked around the room at the collected people finally stopping on Buffy. "Buffy, Xander is a grown man and can make his own decisions, if he feels that he would be happier here than in Cleveland we need to respect that," Giles explained to the blond slayer.
"Thanks G-man," Xander said.
"Don't call me that," Giles responded in an irritated voice.
End Chapter 13
That's the end of this chapter and I apologize for the long wait, my only excuse is that my muse was on strike because I didn't pay her enough so I had to have this long conference with her to write out a new contract. Please RR