I really enjoyed the inside look into Xander's mind,
his thoughts about his brothers and how much they'd come to mean to him, were of a kind
which made me want more,
his anger at being left behind was excellent for sure. (I tried the rhyming thing)

In particular, I really enjoyed this: "The thing about finally getting what you've always wanted since you were old enough to realize that your life sucked, and that it wasn't normal for it to suck that much, was that you were always afraid that something would happen to take it away from you. And make your life even suckier since you knew what you were missing now."

I grew up expecting the worst when things started going good, so I can totally relate to that. Nicely written and I eagerly await an update.
Happy belated birthday as well.

Alright, I'll try to make this rhyme.
I like how you've got the brothers sparing this time.
Having Dean spur his brother on to anger
so he doesn't hold back should he be in actual danger
was brilliant and it was a nice touch
that Sam was the go between much
like Dean had been for him and John.

Lovely chapter. Thanks for sharing

Tals

Go Xander! Nice chapter! ^_^

So did they go on a hunt or are they actually planning something good?
I definitely agree with Xander. He's doing pretty good and while he may not have quite the same experiences as the others, he has experiences that they are unlikely to have ever experienced. Of course, he still hasn't told them about all of it has he (like the hyena possession)?
Still enjoying and look forward to more.

Intriguing :)

I'm happy to hear that there will be loads more storylines before Sunnydale- mainly because we get to see more bonding between the brothers- and I also hope that Xander meets John. I wanted to hug Xander when he thought they had left him -hugs xander- and then I wanted to smack him for not staying put...poor baby will get hurt.

Your Welcome, once more great chapter! I hope that Xander doesn't do anything to rash though. Keep up the great work, and I hope that you have/had a wonderful birthday!

Oh yeah, this is going to end well. Surely they realised baby brother was gonna be a bit mad at them for leaving without even telling him?

I'm still really loving this story. I just have one request. When Xander gets home to Sunnydale I hope that he doesn't just suddenly wow Buffy and win her over. After all, Buffy is a really good friend to Willow as well and she knows that Willow has been crushing on Xander for YEARS. Suddenly dating Xander would seriously damage her friendship with Willow. Most good friends intentionally stay away from guys that their friends really like because they are good people who don't want to hurt their friends. I'd almost rather Dean shows up, realizes that in person Willow is actually quite beautiful, with a wardrobe change could be stunning, and pushes Xander that direction (or maybe notes the potential with Cordelia). Though that would be really really weird as well. And I definitely agree about Buffy having daddy issues.
Anywho, mini rant/request over, I really do love this story and I love the interaction between Xander and his brothers. You make their bonding entertaining without it being overbearing. It's excellent and so much fun to read. I'm really curious about how you will have the brothers react to all of the Sunnydale gang. I'm also curious about how Xander will react to John Winchester. I would love to see Dean go off on his father. After all, Dean has become very protective of Xander and he still has a lot of pent up anger and frustration with his father for the whole thing. John was one heck of a coward having just left Sam and Dean to deal with it and not even attempting to meet Xander yet. Looking forward to more and I can't wait.

Don't worry. I'm still gonna try to do it to where it's not TOO different to the Xander we all know and love :) I try not to stray too much from cannon characteration wise (even when I WANT to).
I've thought about some of what you were concerned about anyway :) I don't know for SURE how I'll have it, but if DOES turn Xander/Buffy, I'll do it gradual. But like I said......I'm not sure how I'll have pairings (or if I will).
Sunnydale is too far away for me to say how that'll go (at least two or three stories down the road!), so I have plenty of time for those questions. as well as how they'll deal with the Sunnydale gang (exept for one that'll be in the next story....you'll have to go on my Xander winchester fan art, or read some of the earlier reviews here for the person.:) )

Poor Sam. LOL! Oh this was good. Oh, Happy early Birthday! I don't have computer for the moment due to a virus so I'm using my schools so I wish you it early. This was good and I'm so happy for this update. I love this story so very much.

Thank you!
And sorry about the viruses! I hope you get it fixed soon!!!! I know how frustrating it is to suddenly be without it!!! I lost a computer almost two years ago to those damn viruses!!!! I had to get a new laptop because of it (thank goodness to tax refunds!!! Especailly since stupid walmart stopped having Layaway!!
Anyhow, I'm glad you liked my story :)

HEY! Happy early birthday! It was a great chapter, am glad that the guys are teaching Xander how to fight. Keep up the great work!

Thank you! :)

Fun :) Happy birthday!

Thanks :)

Happy Birthday!
Love this, and am very happy to see an update. Looking forward to the next bit.

Thank you!
And look no further cause I split the next chapter in two so I could update sooner! :)

Great update- and while i do want them to get to Sunnydale I also can't help but want Xander to have to stay there alone for a couple of weeks- allow some things to happen...maybe Dean and Sam have to help Bobby with a hunt...

You'll have to wait and see!!!!
*evil laughter* cause it's gonna be AWHILE before thier summer ends.....I got at LEAST two (maybe three) stories until then!