So Xander would be the trump card, the ace up the sleeve as it were. And then where would the world be? What were any of them before the six billion lives that would be lost should they fail? The consideration and respect of his friends was worthless if the world they lived in crumbled around them. Someday Buffy and the others would come up against someone with some brains in their heads and get a bullet to their brains for their trouble. And while the Xander of old may have gone ‘Hey look at what I can do!’ so as to gain his friends attention and respect the new Xander knew that to be a bad idea. No, the way he’d been back then wouldn’t do at all, so he’d begun training in private trying to get to what the newly formed Drill Sargent in his head would call even remotely acceptable. And so the first thing he had done that morning was look into the mirror and been appalled at who he’d seen. Everything from Basic Training to the blackest Black Ops and ^everything^ in between the world over, all with perfect clarity/recall. He didn’t receive any names, dates, origin of, or anything else outside of the training that could be considered sensitive material, just the actual training and techniques themselves if not necessarily the history behind it all. While he couldn’t for the life of him recall any personal details of any soldier, ever, he could recall their training. When he’d woken up the next morning he remembered everything. For some reason or another Fate had apparently thought his costume was so generic, so boring, that it had to spice it up a bit. No, that hadn’t been the case at all even if what made it so special was completely unintentional on his part. All of his friends, the members of the Scooby Gang anyway, thought he’d merely gone as your average garden variety grunt that night. The truth was that it had all started that ever so eventful Halloween night a few years back when almost everyone was turned into their costumes. And even with all the speculation going on around him he had never really told anyone what had really made him into the man he was today. Some might wonder how it was that Xander was capable of all the things he could do, all the things he had done already. Pity the poor bastards that got in his way. And at hearing Ku may be in danger Alexander of course agreed to do what he could to bring her back safe. And outside of a very small set of rules Alexander would go to ^any^ lengths to get whatever he had set his mind to done. Whereas Xander was by nature a good man, warm, caring, and friendly Alexander was the man anyone of his friends could look towards to get the job done. As she explained how she, against her own better judgment, had taken Kusano out of MBI headquarters to visit the city’s botanical gardens and how they’d been assaulted for their troubles she saw Xander disappear right in front of her and Alexander take his place. He was not going to be happy when he found out about her predicament. She quickly became like a little sister to the man. The last time Xander was here, even if he never met the greater majority of the other Sekirei, he had met Kusano and become very protective of the young girl. While she knew she had nothing to personally fear from the younger man, this involved Ku. At some point Karasuba had left the two of them alone and the Summers women had already been taken to their own accommodations as well. She looked nervously over to the younger man. “That has to do with the favor I have to ask you.” Takami replied in kind. Still I hope you enjoy my work none the less ^^! Ah damn it… “Takami, where’s Ku?” Xander asked slowly a feeling of dread crawling up his spine as he looked over at her from a spot by the window. Like everyone else on the planet I'd end up running myself ragged. I of course try not to disappoint but hey I can't make everyone happy. So if your expecting me to have every detail down you may be disappointed. I probably will at some point but for right now? Nah. Icky headness, ya know? AN: Also on another note I have only watched the anime and right now I just don't feel like reading the manga. Like always I do try but I after a while. Now go one and enjoy ^^! AN: Ok, now just so you all know this is the longest single chapter I've written in a long while so please don't expect the editing to be top notch. My sincerest thanks to all of you who have reviewed this story so far. AN: Well alright than! Here be the next chapter of 'The Run Away' for all of you lovely people how've been enjoying this story.