Serious AU in this chapter. Ethan skipped town after Halloween and the episode is rushed. No Angel demon battle either. This is mostly a lets integrate Xander back into the group place holder chapter.

Chapter…um…

"Girls! I bring a peace offering of kung pao chicken, shrimp fried rice and egg rolls!"

"Xander!"

Xander grinned at Willow.

"Sorry I haven't been around much Wills. Cordelia is a slave driver," Xander put the food down on the table, "but hey look I've got muscles now." Xander flexed his arm.

Willow blushed. Giles cleaned his glasses.

"Well hello, Xander. It has been quite some time hasn't it?" Giles reached for the food before Buffy and could get her hands on it.

"Aw! Come on Giles." Buffy pouted.

"Last time you ate before us there was two slices of pizza left. Out of two boxes." Willow pointed out. "We go first."

Buffy sighed and sat down and resigned herself to her fate of normal portions.

Xander sat down at the table.

"So what've you guys been up to? This is the first time I've had a bit of free time all week. I thought I should spend it with my best pals."

Now this was not quite true besides training and slaying Xander had plenty of time on his hands. Xander had decided that his best bet was making it seem like he was so busy that he didn't realize that they were ignoring him. If he brought it up hurt feelings and badness all around would follow. This way they were all spared the badness, except slight embarrassment on the girls' parts.

Ah. Diplomacy and compromise. Thank you Jiraiya.

Xander was still pissed at them for ignoring him, but he knew that the distance between them was for the best. He couldn't be around them almost 24/7 like he had before. He just…he just didn't trust them with his secrets. Not anymore.

He pushed away all of his negative feelings.

"So what's the what? I've been out of the loop." He asked as he bit into an egg roll.

"It seems my past is coming back to haunt me." Giles sighed.

"Yeah, if you call murdering people haunting." Buffy nodded munching on a piece of chicken.

The group then proceeded to fill Xander in on all that he had missed the past few days. Apparently, when Giles was younger he and a group of his friends summoned a big nasty and something went wrong. Now almost everybody from the original group was dead. And Giles was next.

"G-man, I leave you alone for a few days and this happens?" Xander shook his head sadly. "I knew I shouldn't have trusted the girls to watch over you."

"Hey!" Xander winked at the girls before giving Giles a reassuring grin.

"Don't worry G-man, the girls and I won't let anything happen to you." He continued seriously. Buffy and Willow nodded in agreement.

Later that night Xander wasn't sure what to do. The demon that was after Giles could hop bodies. Xander could write a seal that would protect them from being possessed, but then his secret would be exposed. Then again what did that matter? Even though he wasn't as close to the others as he was before didn't mean he wanted them dead. He could play it off as a leftover from Halloween. He knew Buffy still retained her French. She'd been proud of the A she had received yesterday.

Xander shook his head. He would write the seals and protect his friends from possession. He'd just do it in a more subtle way.

-The next afternoon-

"I come bearing gifts!" Xander announced dramatically as he walked into the library.

"No Chinese food?" Buffy asked disappointed.

"Sorry, Buffster," Xander grinned, "but I did bring shiny things."

"Oh! Shiny!" Buffy and Willow bounced up to Xander. Xander pulled out two bracelets. They were small cuff bracelets made out of silver. They clipped onto the girls wrists.

"This is beautiful Xander. Where did you get it?" Willow asked curiously. She held her bracelet up to her face and stared at the design on it in awe.

"I made them!" Xander grinned. "We were doing some beginner metal work in shop class the other day. I carved the designs all by myself. They're from Naruto's world."

"Do they mean anything?"

"Just some protection stuff not sure if it's any good here, but hey they look nice ," Xander shrugged," do you like it?"

"I love it!" Buffy squealed. "Will you come bearing gifts every day? I want shoes next." Xander just laughed.

"I got one for you too G-man." Xander pulled out a manlier bracelet. This one was leather with a small metal plate in the middle carved with the same symbols, just much much smaller.

"Yours took a bit longer. I had to make it manlier after all."

Giles chuckled, took the bracelet, and examined it closely before putting it on.

"Why thank you Xander. Have you checked the books for these symbols?"

"Nope, didn't think to."

After all Naruto's had created these seals himself to ward off the body hopping Orochimaru.

"I will when I have the time." Giles nodded. Xander didn't tell him that he could look everywhere and find nothing like these seals. Besides, Giles was the type to enjoy pointless research. Why would Xander deprive him of one of his few joys in life?

"Do you have one?" Willow asked.

"Nah, I didn't have time to make one for myself." Xander shrugged. Truthfully, with the hyena inside of him possession wasn't possible and if someone or something did try to possess him they would be met with very sharp teeth and claws.

"Any news on the body jumper?" Xander asked Giles. Giles sighed and they all gathered around the table.

"It seems as if we have to wait for it to come to me."

A possessed Jenny Calendar burst through the door.

"That didn't take long." Buffy joked. The possessed Jenny tried to attack Giles, but Buffy cut it off and began fighting her.

"Don't kill it Buffy! Jenny is still alive in there!" Willow shouted.

Buffy cursed as she was thrown into a table.

"I have come for you Ripper!" Demon-Jenny roared.

"Are you sure she's in there? Because last time I checked Jenny wasn't strong enough to throw people around like rag dolls." Xander quipped. He tried to turn the demon's attention to himself while Buffy recovered, but Demon-Jenny wasn't having any of that. It leapt over the table and grabbed a hold of Giles. Eyghon's spirit left Jenny's body and entered Giles. Giles screamed and Jenny fell to the ground unconscious.

The library was silent.

"Aw crud." Willow whispered.

So guys…I think I want to write a book. I wont write it in fanfiction style (for obvious reasons), but I still want to write one. I have no idea what I want to write about. Do I go under a pen name? do I write yaoi? Do I want to write a horror story? Do I want to write a childrens book? I have no idea…Maybe an e-book? Short story compilations? Ugh! I don't know.