Title; Forbidden Love; Ch 9

Author; DreamInfinity0

Rating; R for violence and characters death

Characters; Buffy/Angel, Willow/Xander, Giles, Cordelia, Darla,

Disclaimer; All characters belongs to Joss Whedon

Author Note; Spoilers for Episode Prophecy Girl & season 1. ( this took me awhile to do and It's very long. I tried to shorting it but it didn't work. There were so many things I wanted to mention and change around. I didn't want it to end like it did on the show. I wanted to change it a little. Hope everyone likes it. I'll start on season 2 soon. If you have any ideals for the next chapter you want to share please do tell.) And thanks for all the reviews. Story has been beta….if any mistakes please do mention. has been beta with a few changes

I'm not a perfect person. There are many things I wish I didn't do

but I continue learning. I never meant to do those things to you.

and so I have to say before I go, that I just want you to know

i've found a reason for me, to change who I used to be

a reason to start over new, and the reason is you

Yes she was in denial. She has been in denial since the moment she had the dream of Angel turning into a vamp and biting her. She was in denial from the moment, she has seen him in the grave yard pinning some helpless woman, or at least she thought so. Furthermore, she was still in denial as he told her he was not human that he was something else.

She tried not to think about it, but she couldn't. All she could think about was the one man she met and felt for could be the thing; she was supposed to kill every night…..a vampire or worse. She wondered at times how her life got so complicated through all of this mess.

Buffy looked up finally moving the book away from her as she was tired of researching.. She glanced at Willow as she reached over to get another book. "I can't believe this is happening to me Willow. How could I not know?"

Willow stared at Buffy and felt really bad for her. She was her best friend and to see her heart breaking was making her to try anything to help her. "Don't worry Buffy it's not your fault you didn't know. Besides there are always more hunky vam…. I mean normal guys out there." Willow smiled. "Sorry."

"Ya like normal guys like Owen that always seemed to like you, or you could consider me." Xander joked not noticing the jealousy from Willow.

"But still he was in my room and we……..kissed and……."

"Eww…you kissed him. He could be a vampire or worse like those things that have four arms with tentacles." Xander grinned. Willow pokes him and gives him that glare.

"What?"

Buffy doesn't react and stares up to see Giles walk in the library. "Giles please tell me it's not true. That Angel is not a vampire and that he is a fully human?"

"I'm sorry Buffy but I looked in the text and there is mention of a familiar name. I think I'm about eighty percent sure he is a vampire." Giles spoke as he wiped his glasses.

Buffy's sighs frustrated as she looks back at Giles. "Well at least that gives me twenty percent chance that he is not."

"Um, I looked in the text and there is mention of a vampire called "Angelus" the one with the angelic face." Giles spoke. "I suppose the name fits the description. "

"Well they got that right." Buffy replied.

Xander clears his throat and stares at Buffy. "I'm not saying anything, I have nothing to say."

"Uh he's at least two hundred and forty years old or so. He lived in Ireland, uh wrecks' havoc in Europe for several decades and then about eighty years later he leaves and comes to America and then shuns other vampires and lives alone." Giles spoke.

Buffy smiled surprised. Well he's very cute for a two hundred and forty year old she thought.

"Wow! It's kind of novel how he'll stay young and handsome forever, although you'll still get wrinkly and die, and... Oh, and what about the children? ……………….I'll be quiet now." Willow spoke.

Buffy smiled at Willow's comment making her wonder if vampires can even have children. Ok Buffy so not going there. I need to thank about something else than having little kids that could look like me and Angel running around, although that wasn't a bad ideal for the near future.

"So he is a good vampire! I mean, on a scale of one to ten. Ten being someone who's killing and maiming every night, and one being someone who's... not." Willow spoke.

"I say that there is no record, but eighty years before he came here he was like any other creature. In the text, they say he was more vicious and vile than any other vampire." Giles spoke.

"What do you mean?" Buffy asked curiously.

"Well they mention that he was turned by a woman by the name of Darla and that"……..

"Wait, did you say Darla?"

"Um, yes she was born a century before him, and he was turned in his middle twenties." Giles spoke.

"Oh my god he was telling the truth." Buffy whispered as she stood up.

"What do you mean Buffy?" Willow asked.

"I can't explain now all I need to tell you is that this girl Darla is here in Sunnydale. I need someone to watch over my mom. She was at my house."

"In your house, how?" Giles asked worried. "Vampires can only come in if they're invited."

"Yes, my mom apparently didn't know and either did I." Buffy replied.

"Well, we will but first we have to come up with something to stop the Master from rising. In the text, it says we only have until midnight, which is four more hours." Giles spoke.

I know that's why we need to hurry; we don't have much time as it is. Buffy replied.

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I'm looking down now that it's over.
Reflecting on all of my mistakes
I thought I found the road to somewhere.

Somewhere in His grace
I cried out heaven save me.
But I'm down to one last breath.
And with it let me say.
Let me say.

Angel slowly cursed him as he made his way inside the cave. It was too quiet, which gave him the inclusion that this might as well be a trap. However, he didn't really care; the only thing he was focusing on was finding that ring and killing the master. It was the only way to save Buffy and everyone else.

He now stepped into the open area as he felt an odd feeling of being here again. He took a glance around as he remembered the stale smell. It had not changed. New lair, same look, same smell nothing has changed with the master.

Angel calmly made his way through the darkness hoping and praying that he could finish this. Because he knew from the first day he met him that killing the master would take more than just one vampire. Although he was confident in his success, but he would be more confident if he had that ring on that Darla stole from him. He calmly walks in the main room and noticing right away that the master vampire was waiting for him.

Angel turns as he is facing the throne. The master is casually sitting in his chair staring at him. "Angelus," the Master whispered. "It's been a decade, since I have seen you"

Angel stared to set him hard, keeping his distance until he knew what his intentions were. The master looked the same. Same black leather, same old bat face but his eyes were more cadaverous.

"Well, you never lacked nerve, but it seems your soul has given you lack of making wrong decisions." The master spoke as a couple of his minions came on either side of Angel.

Angel stared on either side of him. Three minions appeared on the left and three more on the right. Damn if it was a fight he was wanting, he would give him one.

"What fate do you seek, coming here Angelus?"

"It's Angel."

"Oh that's right you got a soul now, and you are in love with the slayer"…. The master hissed. "You actually believe you love the slayer." He laughed as well a few minions did.

Angel growled at the taunting and quickly took the stake out of his pocket and staked two minions while the other four jumped him. One vamp growled and lunged at Angel. Angel backhanded him only to be punched in the face by the vamp on the right. With that, Angel continued to kick and punch at the other two vamps. Angel felt a familiar presence as someone suddenly grabbed him by both of his shoulders and throws him effortlessly near the master. Darla smiled as the other minions walked away knowing they feared her even more ever since she got that ring.

Darla casually walked over with a big grin on her face. "You've been a really bad boy lover."

Angel quickly gets up as the master was no more than two feet from him. Angel knew he was no match for him yet so he stood up as he faced Darla.

"Why don't we make a deal that we can all agree on?" Angel spoke.

Darla smiled and smoothed her hand across his cheek. "And what would that be lover?"

"Let Buffy live and you can have me back as Angelus." he spoke knowing he was once again lying threw his teeth, but he had to act seriously. There was only amount of time he had before Buffy would be here, and he had to time this perfectly.

"To bring back Angelus that sounds pleasing."Darla mused as her hand reached the open of his shirt. Angel tensed as her hand smoothed across his chest giving him memories of all the places they could find to seduce one another. It was starting to give really bad thoughts.

"What makes you think I believe you? You know as well as I do that if you turned into Angelus that he will kill her." Darla mused as she smoothed her hand across his chest again.

The master sneered and stared at them. "He doesn't think his demon would. He thinks his demon would…….Have feelings for her." The master replied slightly annoyed at the thought. Which is highly unlikely that would happen because he knew how Angelus was back in the day, he was ruthless not a care in the world? He missed him.

Angel glanced at the master and then back at Darla. "It doesn't matter does it? I will still be out, isn't that what you want Darla?"

Darla laughed and pushed him against the wall. Which gave him the moment to grab the stake in his back pocket?

"Do you think I'm stupid Angel? I created you; I know when I'm being lied to." Darla replied as she smacked him across the face. Angel landed against the wall and his face shifted as Darla was near him in a flash. She was about to hit him again when he caught her hand and pulled her forward. "I'm sorry." He whispered before his lips crashed to hers.

Darla was confused of why he was apologizing when his lips crashed to hers. His lips were smooth and cold like, she remembered. She smiled as she suddenly heard the master scream and then something pierced her chest. Angel took that moment to take the ring of her finger.

His lips released hers as she looked down at the stake in her heart. Darla looked back at Angel with a shock look on her face. Her whole body was in shock that he actually did it, he actually killed her. "Angel?"

Angel watched hating what he had done, but it had to be done. She was his sire but she was evil. He had to; it was the only way to save Buffy and everyone else.

His eyes landed back on hers as he watched Darla turn to dust before his eyes. He was about to place the ring on when he was suddenly thrown forward and staring up at his very pissed off grandsire.

The Master lifted him up and grabbed him by his throat. "Oh," the Master said, "that is why you came here, to kill Darla and then me before I kill your slayer."

"Well I wouldn't be here to see your ugly face." Angel sneered, which sent a punch to his face.

Angel tried to get up but was punched again, and he swore the master was even stronger than he has last seen him. Well, he knew from the first day to never piss off the master because he loves beating someone into a pulp.

Angel started to laugh, and as expected, it increased the force of the blows. The blows finally stopped a few minutes later as he stared up as the master stared down at him. "You killed the one person that was like family to me, and that I will not take in likely."

Another punch sends him to the ground as he has seen the ring lying on the ground that Darla dropped, the master quickly kicked him again as he picked up the ring.

"You are not indestructible Angelus. You never will and you never will be." The master replied as he placed the ring on and smiled down at Angel.

"I can still kill you?" Angel sneered up at him.

The master laughed and stared at him again. "Oh you can't kill me, but you can try." He smiled. "Giving me more the reason to give you a lesson or two."

The master pulled him up by his collar ignoring the blood dripping down his mouth.

"Believe me when I say that I will make you suffer for what you did today. After today your precious slayer will die, and you won't be able to do nothing but watch."

"Screw you." Angel sneered as he was once again thrown to the wall. He looked back up as the master was now looming over him. The master grinned before giving him a swift kick to the head that knocked him out cold.

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"Buffy, don't go. You know as well as I do if you go your die by the Master, Darla or Angel." Giles spoke.

"No. Angel would never hurt me Giles. Even if it is true that he is a vampire then he somehow has grown feelings for me."

"Buff you need to think about this rationally. You have a problem, and it's not a small one. Let's take a breath and look at this calmly and objectively. Angel's a vampire. You're a Slayer. I think it's obvious what you have to do." Xander grins hoping he didn't get punched again.

That's if he's a vampire and second we have no prove of it and no reason to believe he is one. I did see him in the daylight and so did you all. Buffy replied making her point. Which forced her to stick her tongue out at Xander?

"Xander rolled his eyes…..ya ya you made your point"

Giles's stares at her wondering why did this have to happen to him. His life was starting to get more complicated. Furthermore, his slayer was so in love with this vampire that she was not thanking clearly. "Yes that's true but maybe he is using some type of magic or"………..

"A ring"…..Buffy whispered, remembering the argument that Angel and her had earlier.

"A what?" Willow replied.

"There's no time to explain." Buffy spoke. "We need to go."

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Somehow in the mist of the panic the Scooby gang had lost Buffy. They didn't know what was happening. One minute she was walking out of her house and into the graveyard then she disappeared.

They begin searching for her as Cordelia comes running screaming.

"What's wrong?" Giles asked.

"I was sitting with Kevin in the park and suddenly these things are coming at me! Their faces are deformed and they tried to bite me. Cordelia replied."

"At night, you're not very bright?" Xander mocked.

Cordelia was going to tell him off when a vampire suddenly reaches up from the ground and grabs her foot. She screams and kicks it. Xander and Willow helped Cordelia and pulled her away from the vamp as Giles staked it before it rose.

We need to find Buffy. Giles urged as they made their way through the grave yard.

"Shouldn't we be running away the other direction?" Cordelia complained. "And what were those things?

"There vampires duh?" Why else would they want your blood?" Xander mocked.

"Hay ……….Ewww they eat blood." Cordelia replied.

Giles stared at Xander about to tell him to be quite as he stared back at Cordelia. "Cordelia why don't you go to Buffy's home and see if Buffy's mom is ok." Giles asked.

"And why would I do that?" She asked.

"Well I don't think you want to stay here by yourself with all the evil vampires roaming around do you?" Xander asked. "Unless you like, being on their next menu."

"Ah good point, but what are you losers going to do?"

"We're trying to sa………find Buffy." Willow replied.

"Really? In this creepy graveyard. Good luck with that." Cordelia replied as she quickly got in her car and left.

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Buffy kept running as she seen a young boy running away from something. She couldn't catch him and surprising for a young boy, he was fast on his feet.

She followed him into a small cave as she stopped and looked around. "Hello?" She called as she walked fuller into the cave. Figures that the boy had to go into a spooky cave.

She turns and makes her way down to the floor below. She looks around. There are hundreds of candles burning everywhere. It's cold and damp and it feels like the place is familiar to her like, she dreamt about it. Well, if her memory is correct she did dream about this. It's been weeks ago through. Was her dreams warning her something bad was going to happen or was it all in her mind?

She took another step suddenly on high alert as she suddenly had that tingeing feeling in the pit of her stomach. Her hands tightened on the crossbow as she kept on walking ignoring the urge to run the other way when she heard a voice.

"Welcome." The familiar voice spoke as it seem to be coming from all directions.

Buffy walked into the open view as she seen more candles, a pool and a throne sitting on the far right. Which she knew right then this must have been a trap because she knew this was the Master's layer.

"Are you going to come out, or you're just going to lurk in the shadows all day, because I got things more important to do." Buffy replied.

The Master laughs and stares at her through the distance. He makes his way to Angel, who is still unconscious. "Let me guess you have more important things to do like finding you're your precious Angel."

Buffy sneered as she approached the sound. "Maybe or maybe I'm here to kill you both."

The master laughs harder as he notices Angel starting to wake. "Did you hear that Angel? She wants to kill you. Are you going to let her?"

Buffy spins around hearing his voice close by and launches a bolt in the direction of his voice. With his lightning reflexes the Master catches it in mid-flight right in front of him at chest level. Buffy quickly reloads the bow.

"Nice shot." The master replies. You're not going to kill me with that thing.

You still don't understand your part in all this, do you? You are not the hunter. You are the lamb. And your precious Angel is a demon just like me; he won't be able to save you.

Buffy is slowly walking around, searching for the Master when she sees Angel lying near the corner. His body was hunched over his torn shirt and bloody face. His eyes barely open while one of his wrists was chained near the wall.

"You know, for someone who's all powerful, you sure do like to beat innocent people up." Buffy replied angered at what he did to Angel.

The master laughed again. "He is nothing but innocent child. His blood runs in my blood line and the only thing stopping him from killing you is his soul."

"That's a lie."

"Oh it's not child. I created Darla as she created Angelus. He is indeed a vampire and part of my family line in despite of his flaw of the soul which I will take care of soon."

"Buffy" Angel whispered as he stared at her. He jerked forward as he noticed his hands were chained to the wall as his wounds were slowly starting to heal.

Buffy turns and doesn't see the Master anywhere so she starts to walk towards him but Angel stops her. "Don't it's a trap Buffy."

Buffy stares at him and walks towards him anyways. She didn't care what he was. All she knew so far was he had a soul which met he was good. She stared at him again wanting to tell him how sorry she was for not believing him. She felt so bad that she didn't come here earlier. Buffy's hands harden on the crossbow taking a quick glance around as she moved toward Angel. She almost reaches him when she suddenly feels a presence behind her.

Angel panics and screams at her. "BUFFY, RUN?"

"I understand." The master spoke as he quickly placed his hand around her throat. Buffy panics and swings up as soon as his hand touches her and knocks his hand away and starts to run.

The master smiles and holds out his hand towards her, and she freezes, caught by his hypnotic powers.

"Damn it, why couldn't you listen." Angel sneered as he reached up and grabbed the chain trying to yank it off the wall. "Let her go."

Buffy looks back at Angel fighting to get loose as she can't move, the master approaches her, making slow twisting motions with his hand. Buffy's mind goes into panic as he comes up behind her and gently takes off her leather jacket and lets it fall to the ground. Buffy is panting hard with fear.

"Don't touch her you bastard." Angel screams as he is still yanking the chain from the wall.

The Master smiles and stares back at Angel. "I told you I would make you pay Angel for taking her away from me. You killed the one person that was dedicated to me and now the one you love will die."

"No." Angel gripped the chain so hard that it was starting to cut through his wrist. He pulled harder pulling it with all his might as he stared at Buffy's eyes. She was scared, frighten to the core, and it was breaking him apart to see her this way knowing he couldn't do anything about it.

The master leaned to her ear and whispered. "You tried. It was very noble of you. You heard the prophecy that I was about to break free, and you came to stop me. However, prophecies are tricky creatures. They don't tell you everything."

Buffy tries to pull back but she can't, all she could do was stare at Angel, who was trying his best to get to her, and at this very moment she wished Angel could save her but she knew it was not possible. The Master moves to her side and faces her. "You're the one that sets me free! If you hadn't come, I couldn't go. Think about that!"

Buffy's eyes start to water, and she is frozen with fear as she starts to blame herself for coming here. She once again made a bad decision that might now cost everybody's life. She wished she had listened to her dreams maybe then none of this would have ever happened.

"Please don't." Buffy begged

"It was written child that you would die, the codex is never wrong." The master sneered.

Buffy stared at Angel one last time before she felt the Master bite down on the base of her neck. Her heart starts to rise up, and she felt like she's going to die as he starts to drain the blood from her. The only thing she could do was stare at Angel's eyes as he screams at the master. At that very moment as she watches the tears go down his eyes she know he loved her just as much as she does. That was all she ever wanted, that was all she ever needed as she took her last breath.

"Oh, God! The power!" The master quickly lets her go as she falls to her knees and into the small pound in the cave.

"By the way...I like your dress." The Master spoke as he steps over to the edge of his confines and pushes against the field. He forces his hand though, and his confines break down in a burst of light and energy. He smiles as Angel is still screaming at him. He quickly twist his hands in a motion to release the chain holding Angel, knowing well enough that he was too weak to fight him.

"How does it feel to lose the one person you love?" He asked as he went up to the surface.

"I will kill you." Angel yelled as fire blazed in his eyes. He watched the Master leave as he pulls one last time finally breaking the chain making him fall to the ground. Angel is exhausted from moving that all he could do was cry for her. He watched her die and now he feels like it was his entire fault.

He shifts back to his human form as he makes his way over to her. He gently reaches for her and quickly pulls her out of the water. He sits down and holds her cold pale body against his. He tries to listen for breathing but there's nothing and for the first time in ten years he cried even harder as he held her in his arms.

He doesn't realize that her friends just came in and are staring at him. Angel stares back at his face covered with tears. "She wouldn't listen to me. The master killed her. I failed to protect her"

Giles, Xander and Willow rushed over and knelt down by Buffy.

"She is your enemy. Why would you protect her?" Giles asked as he stared at Buffy's body lying on the ground as he was surprised to see the vampire crying for his slayer.

"I have a soul………. A good demon came to me and told me I was supposed to help her. She wasn't supposed to die." Angel cried.

Xander was about to make a comment when Willow gave him that look. Xander quickly shut his mouth still unable to believe Buffy was dead. Furthermore he blamed Angel; if it wasn't for him then maybe she would be alive.

Angel's moves over unable to think about anything else than the last image of her pale body lying in his arms. All he could feel was anger now, anger that the master had killed his slayer. The one person he cared for and for that he would pay. He stood up and made his way to the entrance when he felt the ground starting to shake.

"Angel where are you going?" Giles replied.

"To finish something I should have done a long time ago." Angel replied.

Giles knew what he was going to do, and he wondered if he would be their last hope. "You will die if you fight him?"

"Maybe, maybe I'll take him with me. Either way it doesn't matter anymore; if I die then I at least I died for something good." Angel replied as he made his way up to the cavern.

Xander stared back at Giles. "I think Buffy might be still alive, I think she might have drowned."

Giles walked over and knelt down by Buffy. He stared back at Willow and Xander while they did CPR on her. While all he could do was pray that it wasn't too late.

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The Master opens the roof access door and walks out. He looks at the view around him of the town at night and smiles. He exhales, walks to the edge of the roof and holds his arms out as he surveys the scene. "My world! Oh, my beautiful world!"

The Master looks in through the skylight and claps his hands idly. 'Yes. Come forth, my child. Come into my world."

"I don't think it's yours just yet." Angel replied fully healed as he stared at the ring on the master's hand.

The Master turns his head and stares at him in surprise. "You never give up, do you boy?"

"No not really since I really don't have anything else to live for?" Angel replied. "Other than beating the shit out of you."

The master laughed again. "You could try but I highly doubt you will succeed." told him.

"I highly doubt that, Angel responded. Then he lunged. The Master put out a hand, halting the souled vampire who found himself frozen in midair. With a wave of his hand, the older vampire sent Angel flying into a wall. He grunted and rose to his feet as the other vampire approached him. Then, Angel tackled the Master and for a few minutes, two scuffled. Angel reared back an arm and grabbed his hand pulling the ring off his finger. The master punched him and once again immobilizing him.

"Bleed," the Master commanded, standing. Immediately, blood gushed from Angel's body. Angel screamed.

"Kneel," the older vampire continued. Angel knelt and looked back up at the master wondering if he could fight the hypnosis. He was already weak from the blood lost and he wandered just how much more he could take. He tried to break the hypnosis for a moment, and surprisingly he broke through and lunged at the master's neck. Angel quickly changed to his game face as he sank his teeth into the master's neck. Startled Angel looked up by a familiar presence as was suddenly lost out of concentration as Buffy was standing there staring at him in game face.

Angel quickly grabbed the ring from the master's hand as the master quickly pushed him off and thrown him against the wall. "Angered the master strolled towards him. "You will pay for that Angelus."

"HEY!" a familiar voice spoken as the older vampire turned around.

"You were dead," the master said in shock.

"I may be dead but I'm still pretty…, which is more than I can say for you." Buffy answered as she stared back at Angel that was now in his human face. Her heart started to beat faster as she remembered he lied to her. He was a vampire, her enemy, her worst rival………..her lover.

Angel quickly stood up and placed the ring on. His wounds healing rapidly from drinking the master's blood. He stood there staring at Buffy as his heart felt like it was going to burst thought his chest as he watched Buffy stand there. He couldn't believe it. Was she really alive?

"You were destined to die! It was written!" The master replied angered.

"What can I say? I flunked the written." The Master growls and reaches his arm out to try his hypnosis on her again. "Come here!"

Angel stood behind him and growled. "I would not do that if I would you."

The master sneers and grins brightly as he quickly grabs and tosses Angel to the skylight. Angel grabs on to the edge as he sees the creatures down blow snarling at him and the Hellmouth starting to come up. Damn he was in a hell of a mess he thought. He rather be staked then eating by those things.

Buffy tries to reach for Angel but the master grabs her by the throat. "Did you really think you could kill me when you couldn't below? "

Buffy looks at him curiously. "You have fruit punch mouth."

What?

She swings a wide hard punch to his mouth, and he falls down. "Save the hypnosis crap for the tourists."

As he gets up, she does a swinging roundhouse kick that connects squarely with his face. She punches him in the kidney. He punches her in the jaw. She tries to punch him again, but he blocks her and punches her in the face, sending her flying backward into the wall behind her. The Master sneers and gets up as Buffy launches herself into a front tuck over his head and lands between him and the skylight. She kicks him in the side with a side snap kick, but he quickly turns around and grabs her by the neck again.

"You have no idea what your true nature is, do you?"

Buffy kicks him but the master squeezes her throat tighter and laughs. "You know you will never have a normal life, even if you live thought this. Do you know why child?"

"Because you like annoying people with that mouth of yours?"

"Are you such in denial child to not see the truth that the answers are right in front of you? That you are a demon just as much as I am."

Buffy quickly kicks him and jumps to back away from him. "I'm tired of your lies, and I'm tired of your mouth."

The master laughs again. "You really don't know that your powers come from a demon do you?"

"Liar"

No child it's nothing but truth. How do you think you have more strength then us?"

Buffy doesn't know what to think as she looks at him. He is walking towards her and the only things she can think of is that she is a demon just like…………..No it can't be its just lies and made up stuff. She thought.

Before the master could reach Buffy, someone grabs him and throws him towards the skylight. Surprised he quickly grabs on to the ledge to see Angel's staring down at him in game face.

"I hope you enjoy hell." Angel replies as he slams his foot on the master's hand.

The master screams as he falls down and is impaled on the table. He slowly turns to ash until only his skeleton is left.

Buffy walks over and watches from above. Giles Xander and Willow come up and see Buffy staring at Angel.

She looks over to her friends and then Angel not knowing what to say. She has so many questions so many confused thoughts. Furthermore, she didn't know if once again she should hit Angel or kiss him. He saved her life more than once, he has lied to her more than once, and now she doesn't even know how she feels about him. It's all bundled up in a knot.

"Buffy is it really you?" Angel repeats as he reaches over and pulls her forward. He hugs her never wanting to let her go. He doesn't care if her clothes or her hair is clinging to him all wet. All he wants is to he hold her forever. "I thought I lost you forever"

Angel pulls her from his embrace and stares at her. "Buffy say something?"

Buffy stares at him and has nothing to say because her mind is filled with so many questions plaguing her thoughts. So many questions to why he is nice to her if he is a vampire. Maybe it was because he had a soul, if that's true. So she does the only thing she could do as the emotions go through her head again. She slaps him and stares back at him.

Angel rubs his face and stares at her. "Ow"

"Don't ever lie to me again." She replied with tears in her eyes. Angel pulled her forward as she knelt down by him. "Buffy, don't' ever leave me, I love you."

Buffy smiled and pulled him forward embracing her lips with his. "I will never leave you"

Buffy stared at Willow and Xander who were staring at her. "Thank you"

"No need thank us that's what friends do for each other." Willow replied.

So I guess that means everything is back to normal right? Xander replied. Except for vamp boy, Xander mocked.

The Master is dead and the Hellmouth is closed. Angel replied slightly growling at Xander's comment as he hugged Buffy.

Giles walks over and smiles down at Buffy that was starting to be like a daughter to him.

"Oh, sorry." She replies as Angel helped her stand up. It's just been a really weird day.

I'm glad you're ok. I should have known you would have been…..ok.

Buffy smiles up at him again. "ya me too." Angel takes her hand as she squeezes it.

"I guess we have a lot to talk about." Angel replies. "Ya a lot and hopefully I don't have to beat it out of you cryptic guy." Buffy replied smiling knowing everything will be ok once again. Well at least she hoped so.

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