Sacrifices and the Unexpected

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Angelus/Angel/Xander

Summary: While on patrol Xander is kidnapped by Angelus as leverage for Buffy to back off of him. It works out for the best and the worst... How exactly do things work out? Read it and see. (Slow build up slash) (Contains bad language)

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Chapter 5: True Love Saves a Soul

Xander's Pov

I like Angel. I can't believe it. And he actually likes me back, this is really amazing but... We can never be together because as far as I know there is no way to return Angel's soul and it hurts. I bet that's why Angelus told me, just to watch my heart crumble in his hands.

"I warned you that it would hurt if I told you"

Punch!

"Damnit!" I grabbed my broken hand and craddled it to my chest. But the pain was worth it to see Angelus stagger from the force of my fist.

"Why you little...!" Angelus screamed and was about to come at me when a large pounding noise filled the room. Angelus stopped and sniffed the air before his eyes bled red.

"Slayer" he growled and sped out of the room. I ran after him and saw him rip the door off its hinges and reach for Buffy and the others but they managed to evade him and come running in the room towards me.

"Guys you have to get out of here!"

"No!" they all shouted at me.

"We are not going to let him kill you Xander!" Anya grabbed me by both shoulders and began dragging me to the hole in the wall that could no longer be called a door. But I pushed her hands off of me and ran over and pulled Buffy off of Angelus and stood in front of him.

"Listen to me guys! I'm not worried about him killin me, I'm worried about him killing you guys! You should have listened to him and stayed away!"

They all gasped and took a step back, even Angelus was surprised that I was defending him.

"But Xander we found a way to save Angel" I heard Willow quietly speak.

"What?!" I heard Angelus and I both yell. I was so happy that he could be brought back but Angelus looked ready to kill them all.

"How do we do it? How can we bring him back?" I urged. 'They probably think I would rather have Angel than Angelus. That's probably for the best considering Buffy doesn't know and is still in love with him'.

"We'll tell you but first..." said Buffy and before I knew it she had Angelus by the throat and was repeatedly banging his head against the wall till he fell unconscious.

"What the hell was that for?!" I exclaimed.

"We don't want him knowing what we can do to save him or else he'll try to stop us." Tara said as they all gathered around and sat infront of a book. Giles opened it up to a marked page and gestured for me to come over. "Just to warn you this 'cure' for Angel is very strange and it's ironic".

I nodded and looked down at the book and began to read. This is what it said:

The Curse of Angelus

A long time ago Angelus was known as the Surge of Europe, death and bloodshed followed him everywhere he went. But he did not care about any of it until he murdered a young women who was the daughter of a special tribe of gypsies. And as punishment he was cursed with a soul.

However there was a way for Angelus to lose his soul, one moment of pure happiness and his soul would be lost again... but not forever. Even more unknown there is a way for his soul to be returned forever while still being one of the undead. If Angelus ever found the true love of Angel his evil would be vanquished forever, never to be seen by the human world again.

"True love? Really? When did we get stuck in a Disney movie?"

"I know it's a little strange Xander but it's our only hope" Buffy pleaded. I sighed but then it occured to me...

"How do we find his true love?"

"We already found them" Anya told me. My eyes widened and it felt like they were all looking at me but in reality they weren't, they were looking at... Buffy.

"So how does this work? How does Buffy gets Angel's soul back?" I asked.

"This is how" Buffy said then walked over to Angelus's prone body and shook him until he woke up. His eyes opened and when he saw her above him he growled and was going to snap at her neck when she grabbed his head with both hands and kissed him. She kissed him!

But surprisingly he pushed her away where she collided with the rest of us. And as we all got up he started to come over and I knew he was going to kill them... and then possibly me.

"Why didn't it work?! You should be back to normal!" Willow screamed at him.

"Oh sweet little Red, what the Slayer and Angel had wasn't true love, it wasn't even real!" he gloated. He had heard the whole thing.

"You're lying you bastard, Angel loved me!"

"No he didn't Slayer. I used you and him to gain control of my body again and it worked!"

"No!"

That was when Buffy broke down crying. Everyone gathered around her and they all took her towards the door. Anya looked back at me and without words I knew what she was thinking. 'Come with us Xander, we need you'.

'Go' I mouthed to her. She nodded and then left to follow the others. I turned back to Angelus who had his game face on and was moving to follow them when I stood infront of him, not letting him go by.

"Get out of my way Alexander"

"You promised you wouldn't hurt them"

"As long as they didn't come and try to take you back"

"They didn't come for me, they came to get Angel back. And as long as I'm here you will not hurt them"

"Let me guess, you're going to stay here and try to turn me back?" he laughed at me but stopped when he saw my face.

"Yes" He smirked at me.

"I'd love to see you try"

"If you say so"

Then before I realized what I was doing I had grabbed Angelus by the shoulders and kissed him. And once I did I felt a strange feeling course through body and he felt it too because I could feel him shiver. And then I opened my eyes to see his staring right back at me and they were this deep purple color.

Suddenly a unknown force pushed us apart into separate walls and I could feel my ribs bruising on impact. Slowly I got back up and ran over to Angelus who was slumped against the wall in a daze. But once he looked at me his eyes went wide.

"Xander?" he whispered. I looked deep into his eyes, which were still a purple color and I saw no evil, no anger, no desire to kill, just happiness and love.

"Angel?"

We both snapped our heads around it see Buffy standing in the doorway but she no longer had sad tears on her face, but pure happiness. She ran over and I moved out of the way as she hugged Angel.

"Welcome back"