Buffy and Kennedy
"The chosen and the SIT"

Disclaimer: I don't own it!
Pairing: Buffy/ Kennedy
Summary: After Willow dumps Kennedy whom does she turn to for comfort…my season 8.
AN: Just something that popped into my head. Takes place after season 7.

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Chapter 6: Trouble

Slayer Central

Buffy was sitting by herself in the living room of Slayer Central. All the lights were off as she sat there, thinking about what had just come back into her life.

How is this happening to me? I saved the world, shouldn't I get a least a little break from evil things popping in. And to top it all of it has to be Angelus, the one evil vampires that I had feelings for. Sure there was Spike, but even he knows that he was never really evil when he was in Sunnydale.

But Angelus didn't even come after me, me went after all my friends, all the people I loved. Does that mean he is going to do it again or is he going to come straight for me? I can't protect them all at once. Faith…she can help me. But she doesn't know what she is up against; she never faced Angelus, not that I know of. She said something about I big bad in L.A. when she first got out but she never really told whom the big bad was.

What about Kennedy? Will she be able to hold her own against him? He will most likely bring up things that we did together that will shock her and then he will be able to catch her off guard. This is so very, very bad. Kennedy and I are just starting something, and he comes here with an ability to destroy it.

"Buffy?" Buffy was snapped out of her thoughts by a voice. When she turned in the direction of the voice she saw Xander standing right there. "Buffy? What are you doing up?" he asked as she looked at her with concerned eyes.

"Just thinking," she said.

"Okay something is wrong," he said and she looked at him. "You never look this deep in thought unless something big is happening and you don't want to worry nobody," she said. "What's up?" he asked.

"I don't want to worry you," she said as she looked away. He didn't say anything she risked looking at him and she saw that he wasn't going to budge. "Okay, but you can't tell anyone…promise?" she asked.

"Promise," he said as he crossed his heart. "Not a soul," he added.

"He's back," she said and when she saw the confusion on his face she decided to clarify whom she was talking about. "Angelus…he back," she said in a lower voice and his eyes widened. "You can't tell anyone," she said.

"Buffy you have to tell someone, besides me, maybe Giles." He said. "Buffy this is big and this isn't something you can deal with yourself," he added.

"Why not…I sent him to hell before. I can do it again." She said.

"Yeah but how long did it take you," he paused. "You were too late for some people if you remember correctly." He added.

"Leave her out of this…it wasn't my fault," she said.

"No you just acted slowly in killing him which in turn left him free to kill J…"

"Don't say her name," she said as tears rolled down her face. "Please," she added.

"All I am saying Buffy is that you need to tell someone…this is big. And the biggest thing about it is that he never went after you…he went after us." He paused. "Don't forget that you have Kennedy now and he will take advantage of that," Xander said as he got up and left her sitting there to think.

When did he become so insightful? Doesn't he know that I know that I have more people to worry about now? I'm not stupid; I understand the consequences.

Just than Buffy heard foot steps coming down the stair and when she looked that way she saw Kennedy walking toward her. Kennedy smiled when she saw her sitting on the couch, but she smiled disappeared when she saw the look on Buffy's face.

"What's wrong?" she asked as she sat down next to Buffy.

Tell someone. Xander's voice sounded in her head. Don't worry she is a slayer she can take care of herself. Angelus never went after you he always went after us. Buffy looked at Kennedy. Don't forget you have Kennedy now; he will take advantage of that. Buffy looked away and then back at Kennedy. Remember what happen last time it took you too long to act? "I need to tell you something," Buffy said as Jenny Calendar's voice popped into her head. "But it's going to have to wait till everyone is awake so I don't have to say it more than once." She said.

"Is it bad?" she asked.

"The worse," Buffy said as she took Kennedy hand as she stood up from the bed. "Come on I need to sleep on it before I drop the bomb," she said as they headed toward the stairs. "I'll call a meeting first thing in the morning," she added to herself.

Buffy and Kennedy walked up to Buffy's bedroom in silence, each thinking their own thoughts. Kennedy was wondering what the bad thing is that Buffy needs to tell anyone and Buffy is thinking about who she is going to tell everyone.

How will they all react? Willow, Xander and Giles know what Angelus can do first hand. Faith may know to but I am not too sure. But we do all now that this is not a good thing, that if he can Angelus will kill us all and he will do it with a smile on his face.

Spike, oh my god I forgot about Spike. He'll be able to help us with this, after all Angelus is his grand-sire. And Spike always talks about wanting to kill Angel. This would be his perfect opportunity.

Buffy shut the door behind her when they made to her room. Kennedy went over to the bed and was instantly asleep while Buffy stood and looked at her. Their relationship was still now and therefore fragile; will they be able to make it through this latest problem?

Meeting room

Buffy entered the meeting room and saw that everyone was waiting for her, well not everyone, just all the main people. All the people that needed to know what was coming, or what was already here. Buffy walked in and took a seat next to Kennedy at the table.

"Morning everyone," Buffy said as a way to lighten the mode. "Only one of you knows why I called this meeting this morning," she said looking at Xander. "I guess it is about time that the rest of you find out." She added as she looked around at everyone. Spike, Faith, Willow, Giles who was on the TV screen that they had Willow connect to the hospital. So he could still be in on the meetings even though he wasn't in the room, Andrew; she still didn't know why he was here, Xander and Kennedy. Than there was two empty seats at the head of the table that no one sat in, one was for Tara and the other was for Anya. Even though on one could see them they knew that they were there.

"What is the meaning of this meeting, not that I mind, just that it is way before I was even thinking about getting out of bed," Faith said as she looked at her fellow slayer. "You know me B, I like to sleep the day away and this is seriously messing up my plans." She said.

"Sorry Faith but this is important and I thought that everyone should be awake to hear this," Buffy said as she looked around the table. "Something is here…more like someone," she said as she looked at Xander. "Some of us have faced him before and someone of us haven't," with that she looked at Kennedy. "But this time he is out for blood…mine," she said as she looked at Xander. "I know in the past he would go after everyone I love and I have no doubt that he will do that this time too…but in the end I know he wants me…he always wants me," she said as she looked at Giles.

"Angelus," he said and she nodded. "Dear Lord," he added.

"Who's Angelus?" Kennedy asked.

"One wicked ass vamp," Faith said as she stood up. "He never cared about killing the person he was really after…not until it was time that is. He always went after their weakness…the people they cared for," Faith added. Kennedy looked at Buffy and Faith carefully, never seeing anyone this on edge before…not even with the First. "Remember the big bad in L.A.?" Faith asked Buffy and she nodded. "I've had my run in with Angelus and I tell you…it wasn't pretty," she said.

"It wasn't when he was in Sunnydale either…was it Buffy?" Willow said as she looked pointedly at her best friend. "I am sure you remember who he lost him soul in the first place back then…do you remember?" Willow asked.

"Will?" Buffy said as she looked at Kennedy out of the corner of her eye telling her friend not to go there. "That's not important…that was a long time ago," she said.

"But it is still a good piece of information to have…dontcha think?" Kennedy asked. "How did he lose his soul the first time?" Kennedy asked as she looked at Willow not noticing the death glare Willow was getting from Buffy.

"You really want to know?" Willow asked with a evil gleam in her eye.

"Red…this isn't important," Faith said. "It has nothing to do with the problem at hand…your just doing this because you jealous," Faith added. "We all know it…your jealous that Kennedy here found someone that can make her happy besides you." She said.

"Am I?" Willow asked. "But how do you think he lost his soul this time?" Willow asked.

"Not that way," Buffy said.

"I'm beyond confused," Kennedy said. "What the hell does this have to do with Willow, Buffy and Me?" she asked.

Willow smiled at Kennedy and then gave an evil glare to everyone else. "Because the only reason that Angel could lose his soul? Wait you about all that right?" she asked and Kennedy nodded, Buffy told her. "Well the only reason he could lose it is because of Buffy," Willow said looking at her best friend.

"What could Buffy do?" Kennedy asked.

"Give him his moment of happiness," Willow said and before Buffy could hit her best friend Faith got in the middle.

"Willow I have never want to hurt as much as I do now," Buffy snarled.

"Red you might want to leave because in a few I am going to let her go and let her face her fun with you." Faith said as she looked at Willow.

"Wait," Kennedy said. "What do you mean about moment of happiness?" Kennedy asked.

"Think about it," Willow said as she walked out of the meeting room. What the hell is wrong with me? Willow asked herself as she made her way down the hall. Why did I just do that?

Kennedy sat in her chair by the door thinking about what the hell Willow meant about the moment of happiness. And then it hit her, the moment of happiness and Buffy, it all made sense. "Oh," Kennedy said as she looked at everyone else in the room, who in turn turned to look at her. They were all trying to restrain Buffy from going after Willow. "I get it," Kennedy said and Buffy suddenly calmed down. Kennedy looked at Buffy. "You left that little bit of information out when we were talking about him." Buffy hung her head. Kennedy turned to leave.

"Ken…wait," Buffy said as she took a step forward.

"No…I need time to think," Kennedy said as she continued walking making sure to shut the meeting room doors as she left.

"Why is this happening to me?" she asked herself as she looked at the spot that Kennedy had just left. Then something occurred to her. "What's up with Will," she asked turning to Xander. "First she dumped Kennedy in a very unlike Willow way and then she goes and mess up my relationship by telling Kennedy about Angel and the moment of happiness stuff. Willow would never have done that," she said.

"Your right…the only time she was acting this mean around everyone was when…" Xander trailed off as his eyes widened.

"Am I messing something?" Faith asked as she turned to Dawn and Spike who wore the same expression as Xander and Buffy. "What's going on?" she asked Giles.

"The last time Willow was asking this way was when she went evil, I mean really evil, and tried to destroy the world." He said as he looked at Faith. "So if I am hearing this right then we have evil Willow and evil Angel on our hands," Giles said.

"This is so not good," Dawn, said.

"Maybe there is something bigger happening," Giles said.

"Bigger…what do you mean bigger?" Buffy asked.

"Maybe there is some new evil that is making everyone revert to there evil self," he explained. "I will need to consult my books," he said as he looked at Buffy.

"I'll bring them to you," she said.

"Meanwhile I will lock myself in the basement," Faith said as everyone turned to look at her. "What? If everyone to reverting to their evil selves than so will I and I don't want to hurt anyone so I am going to lock myself up," she explained.

"So will," Spike said as he and Faith exited the meeting room and headed toward the basement.

"If something bad is going on than we need to find out quick," Buffy said as she, Xander and Dawn all headed out of the room. "I can't have my whole team going evil," she mumbled.

Kennedy's room (later that night)

Kennedy was lying on her bed staring at the ceiling as she thought about the meeting they had earlier. She hadn't seen Buffy since but everyone told her that Buffy was at the hospital trying to figure out what was going on.

Ever since Willow told her what was going on Kennedy had stayed in her room. Away from all the accusing eyes that said that what they said about Buffy was true. That she really was just using her to get over some great love.

She didn't want to believe what they had to say because they didn't know her, they just knew the Buffy that was all business, the Buffy she knew not to long ago back in Sunnydale. No one ever got the chance to really get to know her…so how would they know what was real? Buffy would look at her and it made Kennedy feel like she was the only one Buffy saw…that no one mattered. Sure they still hadn't confessed their feelings for each other, mostly because that area was still a little foggy…but they know what they have.

"Why do I always fall for the ones that love someone else?" Kennedy asked herself as she lay on her back looking at the ceiling. "What's wrong with you Kennedy?" Suddenly a soft knock came at her bedroom door and it startled her. "Who is it?" she called out.

"It's me," the person said.

"Faith? What do you want?" she asked.

"To talk to you…without a door between us," Faith said as she stood outside the doorway waiting to be let in. Not that she wasn't planning on going in away even if Kennedy wanted her to or not. "We need to talk about Buffy," Faith added when Kennedy became quiet.

"I don't want to talk about it," Kennedy said as jealousy began to surface again.

"You may not want to," Faith said as she reached for the handle and easily broke it walking into the room and sitting next to Kennedy on the bed. "But we need to talk about it," she added.

"Careful me and Buffy hooked up talking about our past relationships," Kennedy said with a smirk.

"Sorry but I already have someone else in mind," Faith said as she looked down at Kennedy. "And don't even think about trying to get it outta me…I will never tell," Faith added. "About Angel," she said becoming serious.

"I think I heard all I needed to hear," Kennedy said going back to her stone face that Faith knew so well, mostly because that is what she used when Buffy tried to talk about things.

"No…I really don't think you have," Faith said. "Angel was the first person that Buffy every loved, he was someone that understood what she did for a living and he accepted it. He loved her more than anything, and when they did the deed Buffy had no idea what would happen…no one told her about the curse…but that's not the point." She paused. "Buffy did something that took a lot of courage, she killed him." Kennedy looked at her. "She did it because it was right and it was what needed to be done," she said.

"And this is supposed to be cheering me up how?" Kennedy asked.

"Buffy loved him very much," Faith said. "She would have done anything to be with him…but," she paused. "She loved him in the past…back in Sunnydale. She loves you know…even if she doesn't know it yet," Faith said with a smile.

"This coming from someone whose policy is get some get gone?" Kennedy asked.

"Listen!" Faith said growing aggravated. "If I could be with a anyone where that policy didn't apply it would be Buffy." Kennedy eyes widened. "So don't forget for a second how lucky you are to have her. Faith turned to leave but before she walked out the door she looked back at Kennedy. "When Buffy falls in love…she falls hard. And she's fallen for you…with a rough landing," Faith said before she was gone out the doorway leaving Kennedy to her thoughts.

Kennedy let a out a deep breath that she didn't even realize she was holding. What if Faith is right? Angel was her past and I'm her future…am I ready for that kind of commitment? Faith did say if she could fall in love and stay in love with anyone than that would be Buffy. If I let Buffy go will Faith take my place?

Kennedy reached over and grabbed the phone that was by her bed and dialed a all too familiar phone number. She waited for the person to pick up and when they did a smile came to her face. "Buffy," she said.

Hospital

Buffy sat alone in the hospital with Giles, but he was too deep in thought to notice that she was hurting. Buffy hadn't seen Kennedy all day and she assumed she was avoiding her. She had tried to call earlier but the line was busy.

Buffy looked over at Giles and saw that he was deep in research mode. The doctors told her that he should be able to come home in a couple weeks and for that she was grateful…she could really use Giles back at Slayer Central.

Just as Buffy was about to get up and tell Giles that she was heading back home her cell phone started ringing. So she sat back in the chair and took out the phone…she looked at the number and she noticed that it was no one she knew. Which wasn't a stretch because she didn't have everyone's number at Slayer Central but they all had hers.

"Hello," she said with a sigh as she rubbed the bridge of her nose.

"Buffy," the person said on the other end.

"Kennedy?" Buffy asked. "Is something wrong?" she asked as she started to get nervous. "Is everyone okay?" she asked and again Kennedy didn't answer. "Ken…what's wrong?" Buffy asked again.

Kennedy took a deep breath before she started. "I know that when it comes to the people I like and their past relationships I tend to over react a little," Kennedy looked at Buffy who just started at her. "Okay a lot. But I can't help it, I don't like feeling like I have to try and fell someone's shoes," she said.

Buffy waited for her to continue and when she didn't Buffy spoke up. "You don't have to fill his shoes Ken…he was someone from my past and as much as I try to talk myself out of it you're my future," Buffy said.

"Why do you try to talk yourself out of it?" Kennedy asked confused.

"Because everyone I fall for end up getting hurt in one way or another and I don't want to do it to you," she said as a silent tear rolled down her face. "But I can't help but feel what I feel for you," she added.

"Buffy?" Giles called out ot her from his room.

"Hold on Ken, Giles needs something," Buffy said as she walked into his room. "What is it Giles?" Buffy asked. "Did you find something?" she asked.

"Get everyone out of the house," he said seriously.

"What? Why?"

"Just do it!" he yelled.

"Ken I need you to get everyone over to the safe house," she said.

Kennedy didn't answer instead all Buffy heard was, "Bored now." And then the line went dead.

Buffy turned to Giles. "What's going on?" she asked and he looked at her clearly not want to tell her.

"It appears that there was a spell cast, not just on us but on everyone." He paused. "And if someone has some little part of evil in them then they will willing turn to that evil said and embrace it. For Angel it was Angelus, for Willow it was well Willow…dark Willow." He said and then he looked up. "Please tell Faith and Spike figured everything out and got out of the house." He pleaded and Buffy looked down. "Bugger." He said and then he picked up and book and started chanting in some language that Buffy didn't come close to understanding.

Just than a bright flash came from the hallway and before Buffy walked out to check she gave Giles a confused look. "I brought forth people that could be of some use to us." He said weakly under the slayers gaze.

Buffy walked slowly out into the hallway and she noticed that all the life in the hospital seemed to stop. She took one last look at Giles and then walked further into the hallway. In the middle of the hallway she saw a blonde woman that looked oddly familiar.

Just as Buffy was about to walk over to the blonde and hand landed on her shoulder. She slowly turned around, already in fighting stance, and saw who had put a hand on her shoulder and who she saw standing there took her breath away.

"Oh. My. God." Buffy said as she looked at the person standing in front of her. She never thought she would ever see this person again and seeing her right now proved that she lived in a really screwed up world.

"Does rest in piece mean anything to you people?" the person said as she looked at Buffy. "God, I died for a good cause and now you bring me back…I really, really don't like you." The person said.

"Same here," Buffy turned around and saw that the blonde woman had turned around and looked at them. "You can't get a descent death anymore can you?" the person said.

"A-Anya?" Buffy stuttered and then she looked at the other woman. "C-Cordelia?" she said.

"For a slayer she isn't the smartest person in the world," Cordelia said. "By the way do you have any food I am starving," she added.

"Me too…oh and where is Xander," Anya added. "You haven't moved in on him have you?" she asked looking at Buffy closely.

"No…you will find out that I took a different route," Buffy said as she looked back and forth between her two dead friends.

"So you brought us back…mind if I ask why?" Cordelia said as she looked around the hospital.

"Yeah I was just getting used to being dead and then you ripped me out of there," Anya paused remembering when they did that same thing to Buffy. "I totally understand the way you felt when you first came back now…damn I'm sorry," she said.

"Don't worry about it," Buffy looked at Cordelia. "It's Angel…"

"Is he dead?" Cordelia asked worriedly.

"Sort of," Buffy said. "Angelus is back," she added and Cordelia's eyes widened.

"I am going to go out on a limb and saw that this is so not good," Anya said as she looked at Cordelia's horrified expression.

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AN: I hope you liked it! Sorry for the lack of updates lately but I have been busying with school and work and stuff. I hope to update more often…please just bare with me if it take me longer to update.