Got this idea from reading a Buffy/Naruto Halloween fic. Just trying it with Bleach this time. Hopefully you guys will like it and if the Halloween fic (this one) goes well, I might continue with the whole season and then some. Anyway, I don't own anything: Joss Wheadon's got Buffy and Tite Kubo's Bleach.

Buffy and the Soul Reapers

Costume Shop pt.1

Xander looked down at the toy gun in his hand and the little boy who was looking up at him, wanting the same toy. Let it never be said that Xander Harris didn't have a soft spot for the kids.

"Here you go kid." Xander said, flipping the toy around and handing it to the kid. "Just be sure to only use it on the bad guys ok?"

"Ok Mister." The boy said running back to his mother who shot Xander a smile. Xander smiled back and walked over to Willow and Buffy. Coming around the corner, he heard Buffy trying to convince Willow to go sexy instead of the girl's regular ghost costume. He smiled at them, Willow had been his best friend for as long as he could remember and he'd be lying if he said she wasn't beautiful, but she was his best friend and his oldest friend. If he tried to take their relationship further, it might shatter it and Xander wasn't sure if he could handle that. Buffy on the other hand, well, he had been crushing on her since the first time he saw her, though her attitude last month had been, well, the crush was almost gone from the blond beauty. He walked into view for Willow to see.

"Hey Xander, find anything?" she asked

"Fraid not." Xander shrugged.

"Xander," Buffy said timidly. "I wanted to apologize for,"

"Hey Buffy, you mind, I'm trying to repress here," He snapped. Maybe it was a guy thing, but he didn't like having Buffy coming to his rescue. Against vampires, demons, and whatever else crawled out of the pits of Hell, but against Larry the bully. Well that just hurt his pride, and if he was being honest, he didn't have much of that to begin with.

"All right, well, next time I'll let you get pummeled." Buffy said. Xander bobbed his head back and forth. "And I'll let you pick out mine and Willow's costumes, on me." That did it.

"All right, you got me." He said. "Now let's see." He glanced around the costume shop, walking around the shop. He paused when he came across three costumes and he broke into a smile. "Right here," Willow came up behind him and gave a smile.

"Bleach characters, Jessie would be happy." She said. "It's a Japanese comic book that Jessie was really into back before, you know," she shrugged. "It was all about these ghostly samurai guys that would purify evil spirits and help good ones find piece in the next life."

"Pretty cool." Buffy said. "So what've you got for us Xander."

"Well, Buffy since you're already the amazing Slayer, maybe tune you down a little." Xander said. He pulled off a costume that looked similar to a Japanese schoolgirl uniform with a long orange wit and two hair clips. "Orihime Inoue, she's more of a support character who specializes in bring up shields and healing the wounded." Buffy took the costume, nodding. "And for my little Willow, you'll be going at Rukia Kuchiki, the soul reaper that first got the main character Ichigo into the proverbial game." Willow's costume was black robes with a plastic katana and a short black wig.

"Neat." Willow said. "And let me guess, you're going to be Ichigo?" Xander couldn't help but smile and picked up the costume that had similar robes at Willow's costume, an orange wig, and a large sword shaped like a cleaver knife.

"What's he like?" Buffy asked.

"He's really cool, he's willing to go to war with the other soul reapers or the super powerful evil spirits so that he can protect his friends." Willow explained. "I kind of got into the comics too." She added shyly.

"Sounds kind of like you Xander." Buffy said. "It's a good fit."

"No problem with that Wills" Xander said and swung the costume over his shoulder. "Shall we get these paid for and get back to the Summer's home?"

And that's what I've got for the first part of the story. I'll try and build more on it when I can but I'm not sure who should go with who from Buffy to Bleach. I'm open to suggestions, so feel free to place them in the reviews. And just to help you folks keep track, here's the current who's who.

Xander Haris=Ichigo Kurosaki

Buffy Summers=Orihime Inoue

Willow Rosenburg=Rukia Kuchiki

I'm thinking about maybe making this a three-way relationship Xander/Buffy/Willow, which is also kind of an Ichigo/Orihime/Rukia fic.

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