Little Soul | By : KagetsuAsame Category: BtVS AU/AR > Slash - Male/Male Views: 8178 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Disclaimer: I don’t own Buffy or
anything related to it nor do I make anything from writing this.
I hope you enjoy this next part and would greatly appreciate it if you
would take the time to review, it means a lot to me to hear what people think. Also parts of this chapter were taken from the
Season 1 episode Prophecy Girl, tweaked with of course but they are there.
A
low groan escaped Riley’s lips, he felt hot, every
night since the hyena incident when he went to bed there was a fire in his chest. He felt as though something was missing, that
he should be somewhere else. In his mind
he knew exactly what that something was but he refused to admit it or return to
the vampire that had taken advantage of him.
Also he didn’t want to talk to Giles or the others about it, what would
they think? He went willingly into the
arms of a vampire, sure he had been possessed but still, the fact remained he
had allowed Angelus to take him.
“You alright?” Buffy’s hand was on his shoulder, causing him
to jump and look over at her.
“I’m
fine.” He smiled slightly, “Honestly.”
She
looked skeptical but nodded, “So, what has you so distracted?” She sat down
beside him.
“I
haven’t been sleeping well. I’ll be
alright though, no worries.” He managed a more genuine smile this time.
“Good,
Giles is all wrapped up in translating some book and I am going to skip out on
patrol tonight, come to the Bronze with me?”
“Sounds good.”
She
smiled, “Good.” Quickly she planted a kiss on his cheek before heading out of
the library, expecting him to follow.
He
swallowed hard before moving to pursue her.
There was no mention of the kiss as they made their way toward the
Bronze. Willow and Xander
had left before them, presumably heading toward the club themselves.
“So, Riley.” She smiled at him.
He
raised an eyebrow, “Yes?”
“You going to the Spring Fling?”
“I
don’t know, hadn’t thought about it.” He chuckled softly, “Never thought I’d be
going to a dance again either.” He glanced at Buffy out of the corner of his
eye, “What about you? Has anyone asked
you yet?”
She
shook her head, “Nope, still all on my own.”
He
had a feeling she was trying to get him to ask her and why not? Why shouldn’t he go out with her because
Angelus wouldn’t like it? He stopped and
smiled at her, “Would you like to go with me?”
Immediately
she smiled, “Yes, I’d like that.”
He
nodded, “Good.” He smiled again as they walked into the club.
Xander and Willow were sitting at one of the tables, “Hey
guys.” Buffy slid into a chair, “What’s up?”
“I
thought you were going out on patrol?” Willow smiled as Riley sat beside the
blonde.
“Decided to skip.” She smiled, “It’s not like the world is
going to end if I skip one night of slaying.”
“Tomorrow
night, Buffy will face the Master and she will die.” Riley’s eyes grew wide as
he heard what Giles was telling was telling Ms. Calender,
their computer teacher.
He
had come to the library to tell Giles about blood coming out of one of the
faucets in the bathroom when he found them talking in his office. Immediately he walked in, “When were you
going to tell her? Doesn’t she have the
right to know that she’s going to be killed?
That somehow the Master is going to get free and murder her?” his hands
were clenched into fists, “I won’t let that happen! If you won’t tell her I’ll do it myself!” He
whirled, storming out of the room, and rushing to Buffy’s house, ignoring the
calls behind him.
“Riley! Look what my mom got me.” She was so happy,
holding a white dress in front of her.
He
swallowed hard, knowing that if he told her what he had heard her happiness would
be ruined, “It’s beautiful, Buff.” He gave her a slight smile, how do you tell
your friend that she’s going to die?
“You
ready for the dance tomorrow?”
The
dance definitely wasn’t on his mind at the moment, “Yeah…” He trailed off; he
had gotten something suitable together.
She
scowled, hanging her dress on the stair railing, “Is something wrong?”
“Let’s
go upstairs, I need to talk to you about something.”
The
scowl didn’t leave her face as she picked up her dress and made her way
upstairs, Riley close behind. Once they
were in her room he took a deep breath, “What’s wrong?” She asked again before
he had a chance to open his mouth.
“I
overheard Giles talking with Ms. Calender.” He
paused, taking another breath, meeting her gaze, “He said tomorrow you were
going to face the Master and die.”
She
began to shake, tears welling up in her eyes, “Do you think it will hurt?”
Immediately
he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close, petting through her hair,
“I’m not going to let it happen. I won’t
let him kill you.” She began sobbing into his chest.
“I
quit.” She cried, “I quit being the Slayer.”
He
swallowed hard, hoping she didn’t really mean it, knowing that she was really
the only thing standing between Angelus and himself but he didn’t want her to
die. Gently he stroked her hair, holding
her against his chest.
“Prophecies
aren’t written in stone, we can change it.
It doesn’t have to happen, we should go to the dance, enjoy
ourselves. You told me the master was
locked away; if he wants you make him come get you. We’ll all be there for you.” He tipped her
head up, brushing her hair out of her face, “Everything will work out right.” He
laid a soft kiss on her lips before pulling back, “I promise.”
She
nodded, “Thanks, Riley.” She gave him another soft kiss and a slight smile,
“You should go change, I got tears all over your
shirt.” Her laugh was small but it was enough, he was happy that her spirits
were boosted at least a little, that he helped.
“Get
some rest, I’ll see you tomorrow.” He hugged her once more before heading to
his room.
The
moment he closed the door a low growl reached his ears, “You’re mine boy, I
will not have you cavorting with the Slayer.
It’s bad enough that I allow you to be friends with her, but now you
abuse my goodwill by kissing her, going to a dance with her? What makes you think I’ll allow you to
continue?” He pressed against the invisible barrier that kept him out.
“Well,
that barrier for one. You can stalk me
all you like but, well, you can only do so at night and all I have to do is be
safe inside.” He stood back, his arms crossed over his chest.
He
expected the vampire to rage, to get angry, what he got definitely wasn’t that,
he laughed, “You think this,” He ran a hand over the barrier, “is going to keep
me from you?” He laughed harder, almost doubling over, “Silly, foolish, boy.”
His laugh died down to a chuckle, “You’ll find out soon enough that this silly
little barrier can’t keep me out. Go to
your dance, watch the Slayer die, I’ll be waiting,
watching, and when the time is right you’ll seal your own fate.” He jumped down
off the roof, leaving Riley standing there looking not so smug anymore.
Riley
swallowed hard, she was dead, Xander
and he had made it to the Master’s lair only to find her sprawled out on the
ground. They had been getting ready for
the dance when Willow came crying. A
group of their school mates had been murdered in the AV room at school. She had given him a kiss and said she had something
to take care of prior to the dance before running off.
“She’s
not cold yet!” Xander exclaimed, breaking him from
his thoughts.
He
watched as Xander bent down, breathing life into her. Riley kneeled beside them, checking for a
pulse before he breathed in a second time.
He shook his head and started chest compressions while Xander breathed into her.
Time seemed to slow down but they refused to give up, didn’t want to
believe that she was going to stay dead.
Finally she gasped awake, her eyes fluttering open.
“Welcome
back.” Riley smiled down at her.
She
smiled at the two of them, “You saved me.” She paused as they helped her up,
“Now, I have a vampire to kill.”
Despite
their protests that she should take it easy for a time they followed her out,
not about to get in her way. She was
definitely a girl on a mission and knew exactly where she needed to go. They were at the school in a moment; cries
could be heard coming from the library. The
three of them ran to the roof, Xander and Riley waiting
by the stairs to watch her back as she took on the Master. For a moment the blonde found himself frozen
in place when he saw the first vampire up the stairs, Angelus.
“Did
you think I would leave you without protection?” He questioned, elbowing one of
the minions that came up after him before taking a position beside his boy.
Xander didn’t say a word as to the addition of Angelus to
their ranks, no matter how temporary.
Riley didn’t reply either, more focused on keeping himself alive while
the Slayer fought the Master behind them.
A yelp escaped his lips as he was tackled by a female vampire, pulling
out a cross from under his jacket, forcing her back and onto Xander’s stake.
Angelus wasn’t killing the vampires that went after the two humans, he
was far more interested in subduing the ones he could, the ones he couldn’t
either wound up dust or thrown off the side of the building. The vampire wanted minions without the hassle
of creating them himself, he still only had the three Will and Dru had brought back with them. Riley’s fist connected with a vampire that
decided to attempt to snack on Xander.
“Mine.”
Angelus snarled, back handing a man who dared attack his boy. Riley glared at him as Buffy approached, the
vampires having fled at the death of their Master, “I’ll be seeing you soon,
boy.” The master vampire’s voice was a low snarl before jumping from the roof
and breaking into a run.
“All done?” Riley questioned, looking her over.
She
smiled, “Yep, let’s go down and check on the others.”
“Never
seen a vampire leave a skeleton behind.” Xander
stated, looking over the remains.
“Older
you are the more you leave behind?” Riley questioned, receiving a shrug in
return.
“Hey,
now that the Hellmouth is closed, the Master is dead,
what should we do?” Willow looked at her friends as she spoke.
“Spring
Fling should still be going on.” Xander suggested.
“We
saved the world, I say we party!” Buffy grabbed Riley’s arm, pulling him out of
the library.
Willow
and Xander followed, arm in arm, Cordelia
taking up the rear, “Hey, Queen C, aren’t you going to be so ashamed when you
show up with us to the Bronze?” Xander said, looking
back at her, “We’re so below your station after all.”
“Shut
up.” She growled, glaring at him.
He
rolled his eyes as she pushed past them, looking at her poor car which she had
a feeling wasn’t going to run in the near future, driving a vehicle into the
school probably wasn’t the best idea but she hadn’t been left with much of a
choice. They followed Cordelia away from the school and towards the waiting
dance. Riley banished the thought of
Angelus from his mind, wanting to enjoy the dance, and spend time with his
friends. The moment they entered Buffy
pulled him toward the dance floor and he in turn pulled her into a slow dance,
holding her close.
“Thanks.”
She said, resting her head against his chest.
“For?” He questioned as they rocked to the music.
“Saving my life.”
He
smiled, “My pleasure.” He kissed her hair softly.
It
was after midnight when they finally made it home. The moment Riley entered his room a sharp
pain shot through his chest. His fingers
tore at his shirt, jerking it off so he could see, hoping there was some
visible sign of what was wrong. The soft
chuckle of the vampire he had come to dread made him jerk his head toward the
window.
“Do
you feel it?” Angelus questioned, nonchalantly examining his nails. His body shuddered as it felt like his heart
was trying to jump out of his chest, “From your reaction I can see that you
do.” He smirked, leaning against the barrier, “All you have to do is invite me
in and the pain will stop. You gave
yourself to me and I claimed you. You’re
fully mine now and I know that you remember even
through your possession.”
A
low whimper escaped his lips and he shook his head, “You did this to me,
there’s no way I’m letting you in here, I’ll die first.”
He
chuckled softly, “Trust me, you won’t die.” He smiled, watching Riley curl into
a ball, “You’ll be alright by morning, at least alright enough to go out in
public.” He relaxed against the barrier, content for the moment to watch his
boy writhe in pain on the floor.
Riley
got no sleep that night, Angelus left before morning, but the pain only
subsided once the sun had risen. He
groaned softly as he got to his feet, planning on taking a hot shower and
changing before going to talk to Giles, hoping that he had some insight into
what was happening. Buffy and Joyce were
still asleep when he slipped into the shower, the hot water helping his sore
muscles to relax. After half an hour he
pulled himself out of the heat, dried himself off, and got dressed. He knew that he would be questioned if he
stuck around long enough for Buffy to wake; instead he grabbed a banana off the
counter and slipped out. He would try
the library first, after that he wasn’t sure where he could find the English
librarian. A sigh of relief escaped his
lips when he saw Giles’ car in the parking lot.
“Giles?” He questioned, pushing open the door.
He
pulled his glasses off, looking up at him, “Riley? What brings you here on this fine Sunday
morning?”
He
took a deep breath, taking a seat across from where the Watcher was doing
research, “I need to talk to you about something that happened.” He folded his
hands on the table for a moment before noticing that they were shaking and
pulling them into his lap.
Immediately
Giles closed the book he had been reading, “Let me get you some tea and then we
can talk.” He got to his feet, going into his office, giving Riley some time to
compose himself.
A
few minutes later he sat the cups down, letting the teen take all the time he
needed. Riley swallowed hard, taking a
deep breath before taking a sip of tea, “Thanks.” Another deep breath and he
began, “Angelus, he helped Xander and I last night, against the vampires.” He paused, “After that
he showed up at my window,” He stopped for a moment, “it hurt; it felt like my
heart was trying to tear itself out of my chest. He said that I was his, that he…” He wasn’t
sure how he was going to say this, how he could tell Giles that Angelus had
taken him, pounded him into the ground when he had been possessed.
He
was almost thankful when Giles spoke for him, “He claimed you.” Riley looked
down at his hands, “Oh, my dear boy.” He got to his feet, laying a hand on his
shoulder, “Did he take you?” He questioned, trying to make it as easy as
possible but knowing it was going to be difficult. When he received a nod in reply he took a
deep breath and continued, “When?”
“When
I was possessed by the hyena, the hyena wanted to dominate him.” He looked away,
blushing brightly, “Angelus was stronger and proved it.” He took another sip of
his tea, avoiding eye contact with Giles.
“Vampire
claims are rare but not unheard of.” He started looking through the stacks of
books he had laid out on the table, “The Aurelius line, which Angelus is a part
of by blood but not practice, isn’t known for taking humans as claimed. To my understanding they see humans as food,
nothing more.” He paused, flipping through one of the books, “The purpose of a
claim is to bind a human to a master vampire, usually in preparation of
eventual turning but there are times when claims are more than that as it
appears yours is. With the kind of claim
he put you under it is to extend a mortal’s life and tie them to the vampire’s
demon, their essence.” He flipped another page, “It is said that with any kind
of claimed the vampire, with enough time and effort, can convince the mortal to
do things they normally wouldn’t.”
“What
should I do?” Riley questioned, looking up at him, “What can I do?”
Slowly
he put the book down, removing his glasses and rubbing his eyes, “There is
little written about how to break claims as vampires are protective and
possessive of the ones they take.
However, I will do further research into the matter. For now I believe it’s best to wait and see
what happens. Should you feel yourself
wanting to do as he says and having trouble resisting call me. If that should happen we will decide what the
best course of action is.” He handed him a slip of paper with his number
written down.
“Thank
you.” He slipped it into his pocket, giving him a small smile.
Giles
returned the smile, “Now then, you should go back to Buffy’s and enjoy what
little remains of your weekend. I will
see you on Monday, be sure to get all of your homework done.”
Riley
laughed softly, “Hey, I graduated once already.” He stated before heading out
the door, returning home.
Buffy
was up, sitting leaned over a bowl of cereal, looking tired, “It’s too early.”
She whined when he came in the door, “Where’d you go?”
He
smiled, “Woke up around dawn, couldn’t get back to sleep so I went for a walk.”
She glared at him slightly before going back to her food, “Hopefully I’ll sleep
better tonight so I can be grumpy in the morning too.” He teased, sitting down
beside her, earning a jab in the ribs for his insolence.
It was so hard
writing those Riley/Buffy bits but it had to be done. Please take the time to review, it doesn’t
take but a moment of your time and means a lot to me. Thank you for reading.
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