Buffy came in the store not believing her luck as she Willow and Xander wait for their second guy. Snyder volunteered them all for Halloween and now to add to the fun they have to go as a group theme. The four waited until a van came up and a little man with blond hair came out.

Oz looked at the group and hey he got stuck with the Eskimo girl. This could have been worse. "Hey"

"Hey" The other three reply.

Xander was looking around drawing blanks. "So what do you guys want to go as? Power Rangers, Justice League, we gotta pick something? I'd say TMNT but there are no girls."

Buffy watched another girl walk off with her noble woman dress she is so getting Snyder back for this. "Wasn't there a Ven...?"

"No" Oz, Willow, and Xander replied.

Oz looked at the costumes and got an idea. "Fantastic four and She Hulk?"

Xander looked Buffy and Willow neither girl could pull off She Hulk. Willow would never go with it and Buffy has the strength but is too short. "Nah"

Willow pointed over at another set. "Hey Final Fantasy VII Me and Buffy can be Aeris and Tifa and you two can be…" Willow frowned seeing someone take the Cloud costume."

Buffy thought about it seeing an ascot. "How about Scooby Doo? Oz can be Fred, Xander can be Shaggy, I'll be Velma and Willow can be Daphne?"

Xander looked at her. "Why is Willow Daphne?" She's much more of a Velma if you ask him.

Buffy ran her finger through her best friend's hair. "She has that Daphne red hair. Why would I be her?"

Oz smiled. "Good point."

Xander looked to the left as something caught his eye a circular item attached to leather. "Hey guys, if we're going as a group why don't we go as the four most ancient badasses that ever lived."

Oz looked up and nodded that will work for him. Sadly he'll be short for Xander's tall and since cute Willow has red hair she should be able to pull off the other one well.

Buffy looks up at what she'd be wearing and she thinks she still has that hair dye from last year when she dressed as Kathryn from Cruel Intentions. Leather clad and it will be a funny laugh to see her dressed as someone actually older then Angel.

Willow looked up with a smile she'll always be Buffy's best friend and maybe the slayer can teach her how to use the actual weapon.

Xander looked up at his costume, the only one without weapons but more then makes up for it considering what he can do despite wearing the color yellow. "Well, what do you think?"

"Works" Oz said stoic as ever.

"I'm in." Buffy replied looking at her costume this what she meant by sexy and wild but Willow's will look good for her too.

Willow shrugged not exactly cover but thanks to Snyder she can't be the ghost. She lowers her head and quietly mutters. "OK."

Buffy waited in line behind Willow seeing Xander buy his costume. And Oz is now buying his. She looks at her best friend and sees her eyes no longer focused on Xander but on Oz. Willow's looking at his hands. She whispers into her best friend's ears "You're checking out Oz."

Willow's face blushed with color. "No, it's just… he has nice hands."

Buffy smiled. "And notice to small details is the first sign."

"He's a senior." Willow replied.

Buffy rolled her eyes. "And you think that's important… my boyfriend has a bicentennial."

Willow nodded seeing her point. "Yeah… but."

Buffy frowned seeing its time for tough Buffy. "You can't spend the rest of your life waiting for Xander to wake up and smell the hottie. Make a move. Do the talking thing."

Willow looked away. "Well, what if the talking thing becomes the awkward-silence
thing?"

Buffy shrugged. "Well, you won't know until you try."

Xander and Oz opened the door and Xander smiled seeing Buffy and decided to try to keep his mouth shut all night to avoid droll coming out. "Buffy! You look amazing!"

Buffy smiled looking her self over in her pretty much leather miniskirt and armor combo. She looks at Xander's arms and has he always been like this or is that the costume? Bad Buffy focus... must be the hair dye.

Xander looked at Buffy in the short dress it's no question Joyce was out of town that night she'd blow a gasket seeing her and he still can't believe he got Buffy into what amounts to a leather skirt and big boots showing off her toned arms and legs damn it why can't she see him as more then a friend, oh well. "So are we ready to go?"

Buffy nodded looking at Oz pants and sleeveless jacket, no shirt. "Yeah, we're good. We're just waiting for Willow."

Oz stares in awe seeing Willow come down in a green belly shirt with a diamond pattern, and criss-cross strings in the front along with a brownish orange dress and one of Buffy's quarterstaffs.

Buffy smiled seeing the two hit it off and maybe a tinge of jealousy from Xander once he saw it. Buffy looked away from Xander's arms in his yellow shirt and leather pants gauntlets tied to his arms. Angel, Angel, Angel, that's the guy you're dating. "OK, so let's head out."

Xander held his head as the spell took place Xander looked around and was confused for a moment seeing Oz with now curly blond hair. Xander however instantly got to his feet and backhanded a demon as it sailed through the air and landed on the roof of a house.

Oz looked at him in confusion. "Hercules, what's going on how did we get here?"

Hercules smiled a quiet smile not having seen this person since he died millennia upon millennia ago from old age. "Iolaus? I don't know just keep fighting. And don't kill anyone."

Iolaus delivered a couple kicks in rapid succession to a demon's face ending it with one last roundhouse. Hercules hits another one and sends him tumbling down the block he really needs to relearn how to pull his punches fast. Iolaus looked at him worried. "I don't remember you hitting so hard before?"

"Been kinda rusty" The current demi god announced, why is he a demigod again?

"Ahhhhleleleleleleleleeeeya!"

Both heroes of old turn their heads to the sound and smiled.

"Was that who I think it was?" Iolaus asked.

Hercules just hit him on the shoulder leading the way. "Come on!"

Hercules and Iolaus rushed the scene and Iolaus let out a smile seeing Gabrielle fighting a demon with her staff. She hits each leg and finishes with an overhead spin. Hercules switches his attention to Xena seeing her fight off a trio of them with her bare hands. He's thankful to see his old friend again after finding out about her horrible fate.

Xena jumped through the air in a flip landing at Hercules' feet. "What are you two doing here?"

"Could ask you the same thing?" Hercules replied kicking a demon in the chest.

Xena shrugged in innocence she figured it was one of the gods doing… but she kind of killed them all. "No idea."

Five minutes later the demons fled giving the four heroes a chance to breath.

Hercules looked at them wondering what the hell is going on one moment he's up in Olympus and the next he's on earth with two old friends and Xena.

Iolaus looked at Gabrielle whom has become the Battling Bard of Potidaea according to legend. She's a battling Bard and he's still the guy that follows Hercules around. "So how have you been?"

Gabrielle looked at him. "It's been a rough road but we got through it."

Xena looked at the two and smiled she really hopes they can sort it out after the Prometheus adventure. She watched Hercules and approached him in silence. He knows something that he's not telling. "I know that look in your eyes. Its way too old to be coming from you so what's really going on Hercules?"

"I don't know." Hercules answered honestly. "What I do know is that the three of you are a lot further in the future then you should be."

"How far?" Xena asked.

"Far enough to know that I took my eyes off this piece of the world for far too long" Hercules answered. "Juvi was right I should focus on Ohio less?"

Xena looked at him in confusion. "Juvi?"

"My wife, Juventas" Hercules answered as Xena looked at him in confusion and he quickly realized she has no memory of Sareena so that talk never happened. "I just…"

"It's OK." Xena assured him bruised pride not withstanding. Besides if this is the future god knows how long she's been dead. "We're long… long past the time we could have been together."

Xena looked at Hercules and the grass shaking behind him. "Five behind you"

Hercules watched the bush. "Eight behind you… and Billy Idol is leading the charge."

Xena looked at him confused until the demons rushed out. "Gabrielle, Iolaus on our backs. Nothing gets in the circle."

Hercules started with a punch to the demon knocking it out cold. Xena went head to head with Billy Idol giving him a matching scar on his other eye with her Chakram a circular weapon made specifically for her. Hercules grabbed one of the demons arms and thought of a much more useful idea. "Everyone down!" the other three ducked as Hercules used the demon as a flail hitting every other demon with it as he spun in circles. Hercules let go as the demon soared through the air and landed next block over on the roof in a resounding thud and all the demons seeing this man's strength quickly fled.

Spike looked at them for a moment. "Another day slayer" He quickly fled with the others.

Iolaus watched him leave in confusion. "Why does he want to slay Xena or Gabrielle?"

Hercules looked at him he really doesn't want to explain demons and slayers to his friends right now. "It doesn't matter. Right now there are a whole lot of people that need our help right now."

Two hours later the Halloween spell is unbeknownst to the group broken by Cordelia, Angel, and Giles. Oz looks at everyone confused. "So, has this whole night made sense that's just not to anyone else?"

Xander just dropped the now much heavier car door. "Demons are real, most of them live in Sunnydale, Wills can fill you in."

Buffy smiled seeing her chance to do good for her friend. "Xander, walk me home."

Xander nodded in agreement. He walked Buffy home while Willow walked the other direction with Oz getting to know him.

Xander turned to Buffy he's going to be curious about this for the rest of his life. "So you went as Xena."

Buffy smiled looking at the toy chakram. "I did, I gotta see if Giles can make a modern day equivalent of this."

Xander nodded before asking. "So what was their deal? Xena and Gabrielle, were one of them dating Ares, Joxer, or was it really each other."

Buffy rolled her eyes. "You're not going to drop this until you know are you?"

Xander shook his head. "Nope"

"Well… it's like this."

Next Week Xander woke up to knocking at one in the morning what the hell is this. He comes downstairs rummaging through the darkness until he got to the door. He opened the door and his eyes widened in shock.

"Damn it kid, you and your girlfriend gotta learn the magic of windows." A voice from upstairs shouted.

Xander rolled his eyes in uneasiness not believing his guest had to hear that though on the other hand he could have NOT cursed him with Tony Harris as a father so his guest can deal with it. He looked upstairs and shouted. "It's not Buffy or Willow, have a drink!"

"Then who the hell is knocking at one in the damn morning?"

Xander rolled his eyes and shouted "Kevin Sorbo!"

"Friggin smartass" The voice muttered before disappearing.

Xander looked at him wearing pretty much the same thing he wore in the show only white shirt instead of yellow. "So what can I do for you?"

"Can I come in?" The god asked.

"No" Xander answered.

Hercules looked at him for a moment and then realized what he said and just came in when Xander stepped aside. "So how much do you remember?"

"Enough to know that you're really Hercules and Sam Sorbo is Juventas." Xander answered. "Having your current wife play your dead wife, you do realize Freud would have a field day with you right?"

"Considering how badly we portrayed her mother can you blame her for not wanting to play herself?" Hercules pointed out.

Xander shrugged seeing his point. "So what are you doing here?"

Hercules grabbed Xander by the arms as energy rushed through him and Xander felt strong again. he felt like Hercules again. "Did, you just give me your powers?"

Hercules looked at him. "It would be kind of hard for you to be the king of the gods. I just gave you superhuman strength to go with Buffy's powers and new power she got last week."

Xander's eyes widened Buffy already has slayer powers so he must mean Xena's power to kill gods. "You want us to kill the gods!"

"No, but I had the oracles look it up you're going to need these powers in a few years to save the world." Hercules explained finding out about Glorificus from the new fates who orchestrated tonight since the Greeks needed a way out of the no god killing another god. "Oh and you might want to find Jonathan after this."

Xander looked at him confused. "The little guy in my class why?"

"He went as a soldier, might be useful." Hercules answered. "I'm always around if you need help but make sure it's absolutely necessary."

Xander nodded and watched as Hercules disappeared in a trail of white light as Buffy walked up almost upset. "Buff, what's wrong?"

"I broke up with Angel." Buffy answered.

Xander's eyes widened that's new. "Um OK why?"

"Because he was cursed… and curses." Buffy said waiting for what Xander taught her or more Hercules taught Xena.

"Are meant to be broken." Xander answered sadly, for Buffy anyway. At least they found out now before the curse was lifted somehow. "Buff this might sound funny coming from me of all people but I am sorry."

Buffy looked at him crooked of course it sounded weird form him. "You hate Angel!"

"True but you're one of my favorite people. And I'd never hurt Angel just to hurt you." Xander pointed out. "You want to go get a drink."

Buffy looked at him. "At this hour?"

Xander shrugged his shoulders. "Its Sunnydale there's gotta be a vamp bar somewhere. And odds are its better then my house."

The two walked in shared smiles. Xander thinks about the future ahead and Hercules' warning soon Buffy will come face to face with a god one day. Well the bright side is she'll have the ability to kill it thanks to being possessed by Xena and he'll be fighting right by her side especially with the strength of Hercules on his side. He'll talk to Jonathan tomorrow guy looks like he could use some friends anyway. When that god comes to the hellmouth they'll be ready.

Author's Notes

Xena and Hercules are owned by Renaissance