The sword eventually made its way into the hands of the Watchers' Council in 1998. Zabuto handed it to his slayer Kendra Young, who, in turn, gave it to Buffy Summers, hoping it would be capable of slaying Acathla once again in case the demon was awakened. After Kendra's death, Buffy took it from the crime scene (the police having not found it) and took it with her during her raid on Angelus' mansion, who planned on awakening Acathla by removing another mystical sword from the demon's body that kept it dormant. Angelus managed to do so leading to big sword fight between him and Buffy, climaxing until Acathla opened the portal to a hell dimension and Angelus' re-ensoulment into Angel. Needing both the sword and Angel's blood to close the portal, Buffy ran the blessed sword through Angel's c