-'Hand In Hand.'-
Pairings: One sided B/X, some B/A, and W/X
A/N: [One shot] A response to malastor's challenge 'Xander wasn't the one to get possessed by the Hyena' Not your usual W/X
A/N 2: God knows you can't write more unless you get reviews. And thanks for all of the positive reviews I've gotten so far.
Disclaimers: I don't own anything relating to Buffy.
Timeframe: S1 AU The Pack.
Dedicated to the few remaining W/X'ers out there, you know who you are.
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"So she didn't seem any different to you?"
Xander shook his head as they walked through the school doors. "I dunno. I mean she was all, 'hey' with the dancing and the touching. But we've both been pushing her to be more outgoing lately, so I don't know, maybe she just got fed up with..."
"Look out! It's gotten loose!"
Xander felt something pink and hairy rub up against his leg and looked down to see a small pig wearing a Sunnydale High Razorbacks Helmet with foam tusks and a green serrated foam tied to its back. He elbowed Buffy in the ribs and pointed down. "I think it likes me."
Buffy squealed in excitement and quickly bent down to pick him up. "Awww, its adorable!"
The principle of Sunnydale high quickly rounded panting. "Lordy, Herbert! Gave Mr. Flutie quite a scare, didn't he?" Flutie turned around to face the mass of students that had gathered. "Students, I'd like you all to met Herbert, our new mascot for the Sunnydale High Razorbacks!"
Several students, shrugged and clapped, the remainder simply ignored the middle-aged man. Buffy gently squeezed the pig in her embrace, earning a "lucky pig" from Xander, which she promptly ignored. She turned to Mr. Flutie and smiled. "He's so _cute_!"
Mr. Flutie shook his head quickly and walked over to take the pig off her hands. "He's not cute. No! He's a fierce Razorback!"
Xander raised an eyebrow. "He doesn't look that fierce, Mr. Flutie, maybe with a little A1 sauce..."
Mr. Flutie frowned. "He's mean, he's ready for action! See?" He tugged on one of the foam tusks attached to the helmet. "Here are the tusks..." Then he gently petted the green foam on the pig's back. "...of the mighty scary Razorback!"
Buffy smiled and nodded at Mr. Flutie. "You're right. He's a fine mascot and will engender school spirit."
Mr. Flutie groaned. "Uh, he better. Costs a fortune to feed him." The pig oinked in its defense. Flutie ran a hand through his short black hair. "Alright, let's get you back into your cage."
Buffy pouted and held Herbert up to her face. "Its okay sweetie, Auntie Buffy will see you later."
The pig snorted and whimpered as the blond slayer reluctantly handed the potbelly pig over to the principle. Mr. Flutie grinned happily and held the pig up to his face before scolding him. "Now listen here Herbert, you've got to behave from now on, and the Sunnydale Ridgeback has to listen to his principle."
Herbert wiggled and got free again. "Oink."
Mr. Flutie ran after the chaos-inflicting mammal. "HERBERT! COME BACK!"
After several seconds of slack-jawed silence, Buffy turned to Xander. "I'm gonna..."
"By all means."
Buffy quickly ran after Mr. Flutie in an effort to save the potbelly pig, while Xander turned and walked out to the commons area.
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Herbert snorted as Buffy carried him alongside Mr. Flutie. "See, the problem is you kids today have no school spirit. Hold on, let me get his outfit off." Buffy pouted as Herbert's uniform was forcibly removed. "Today it's all gangs and drugs and those movies on Showtime with the nudity."
Buffy raised and eyebrow and was about to speak when Flutie held up his hand and continued. "I don't have cable, I only heard. When I was your age we cared about the school's reputation and the football team's record, all that stuff! Of course, when I was your age I was surrounded by old guys telling me how much better things were when they were _my_ age."
Buffy rolled her eyes and held Herbert back up to her face. She started babbling in baby talk, much to the amusement of the piglet. "Oohhh its okay Herbie, oh yeesh, oh yesh it is!"
The pig snorted happily before suddenly he suddenly squealed and jumped out of her arms. The slightly overweight principle spun back around and gave chase. "NO HERBERT! COME BACK!"
Buffy turned back around to see Willow leaning against the row of lockers staring intently at her with an almost snarl across her face. She looked back down the hall to see Mr. Flutie running after the screaming animal. She quickly turned back only to see a whiff of red hair turn a corner. Her face scrunched up in confusion before turning back around to catch Herbert.
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"Okay, so the bisector of a vertex is the line that divides the angle at that vertex into two equal parts."
Xander looked up from his math book and paper to look around the courtyard. Several groups of students were laughing and reading, some eating or simply talking. The brunette simply sighed and stared uneasily at the book infront of him. He clicked his pen and continued to write.
"All triangles can be divided into two separate triangles, but only Isosceles and Equilateral...crap."
Xander slammed the book shut and rubbed his eyes. Math was not his friend. Neither was history, science, or much else for that matter, but still. "Dammit Wills."
"What?"
Xander lowered his arms and opened his eyes to see Willow standing two feet infront of him. The redhead had on a short black skirt with dark stockings. She had taken to wearing tight dark green tops to compliment her bright red hair and bring it down a little while accentuating her more...womanly curves. In her black red heels, he was able to keep her waist directly at Xander's eyelevel. With a smirk, she put her hands on her hips and leaned to the side. "Cat got your tongue?"
Xander's mouth opened a little as he looked quickly left and right. "Wha- Where did you come from?"
Willow smirked and sauntered over next to him and slowly sat down to his left, 'accidentally' making contact in her descent. "Well when a boy and a girl _reeally_ like each other..."
Xander unconsciously shifted to his right. "Haha, anyway, here were you? Without you, all of these numbers and angles get too much. You know that saying 'its all Greek to me?' well it's like that except I know some Greek and this aint Greek...except maybe for the names and things."
Willow smiled and started stroking his shoulder in a slow up and down motion. "Why are you doing this to yourself Xander?"
Xander suddenly became aware of the fact that his best friend since kindergarten was pressing up next to him and stood up. "You remember, I fail math, I flunk out of school, I end up being the guy at the pizza place that sweeps the floor and says, 'Hey, kids, where's the cool parties this weekend?' We've been through this Wills, I need your help."
The redhead smiled mischievously and pawed her hands on the bench like a kitten. "Well, what are you going to do for me?"
"A shiny nickel?"
Willow smiled and stood up. "Nooo, I was thinking of something..." She walked behind him and slowly leaned into his back, whispering across his neck. "...else."
Xander stumbled forward, barely able to keep his balance. He turned around and stammered. "Hey now, Wills. Okay. I was a little concerned about w-with the, uhh, dancing and the laughing. But I thought hey..." Willow smirked and walked closer to him. "...if my bestest bud wants to..." he motioned quickly towards her clothes "...dress different and everything that's cool too."
The redhead smiled at the boy's ramblings. "What exactly are you saying?"
"I'm not sure exactly, can I get back to you on that?"
"Xander?"
"Yeah?"
"Shut up."
"Okay."
Willow slowly leaned into his body and reached her hands around his back, one hand slowly gliding up his spine to rest against the back of his skull, the other just barely hovering over his waistline. Xander looked down into her dark green eyes. "Wills, I..." Willow smirked and pulled his head down into a passionate kiss while the other hand grabbed his backside roughly, resulting a small grunt of surprise from Xander and catcalls from the students in the area.
"Whoo yeah!"
"About damn time Harris!"
"Get a room."
"Oh my god, like I coulda sworn the little nerd was a lesbo or something."
Xander could feel the growl rise in Willow's throat as she broke off the kiss and turned to see Harmony smiling evilly with her hands upon her hips. The blonde cheerleader flipped her hair to the side and pouted.
"Awww, the poor baby thinks that she can wear grown up clothes now. Well don't worry, I'm sure that Wal-mart can give you a refund."
Xander moved to intercept the ditz. "Oh I'm sorry Harmony, I can't understand what you're saying. I guess that giving the whole football team blowjobs must make it hard to form complete sentences, not that you had that ability in the first place."
Harmony merely rolled her eyes before looking back at the redhead. "Isn't that sweet. You finally got the loser to notice you. It must've been hard to know that he didn't want you for so long. But I guess if you fuck him, you can keep him away from Summers."
Willow's eyes burned a fierce amber as she ran up and smashed her fist into the blonde's jaw. "Xander's _mine_ bitch, and don't you fucking forget it."
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"So she broke her jaw?"
"Yeah, I mean Go Wills for standing up for herself. But it's almost too much to take in with the clothes..."
"And the laugh."
"And the kiss."
"And the k..."
Buffy's eyes widened and she looked at her best male friend in complete and utter shock. "WHAT?"
Xander quickly started looking around to see if something was going to attack him. "What? Where?"
The blonde slayer grabbed hid head with both hands and pulled his face to meet her gaze. "She _kissed_ you?"
Xander wiggled himself out of her grip and straitened his shirt. "Yes, and hard as that may be for you to conceive, an actual woman finds me attractive. I realize its no mystery guy handing out leather jackets, and while we're on the subject, what kind of a girlie name is 'Angel' anyway?"
Buffy groaned and smacked the back of his head, earning a retaliatory glare from Xander. "What happened?"
Xander rubbed the back of his head with one hand and continued walking. "I dunno. I mean she was late for our math study session, then she shows up looking very..."
"Very what?"
Xander sheepishly grinned. "...Un-Willow like, and she doesn't let me study and just kisses me. I can't really tell you more, its like one big blur almost."
Buffy rolled her eyes. "Yeah, that's what _every_ girl wants to hear. Be sure to tell her when she gets out of detention."
Xander chuckled as they walked into fifth period with Mrs. Beakman. "No no no, don't get me wrong. It was...incredible..."
"Now _that_ you should tell her."
"But something was off..."
Buffy glanced at the empty desk where Willow usually sat before turning back to Xander. "What do you mean?"
Xander shook his head. "I'm not sure. Its just when she went after Harmony. She...she's my Willow. She doesn't do that."
Buffy sighed. "Maybe she just decided that she was going to stand up for herself."
Xander nodded before staring off into space. "Yeah maybe."
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Kyle impatiently sighed as he waited with Tor, Heidi and Rhonda. "Why do we have to wait?"
"Because I told you to."
The four members of the gang turned to see Willow smiling evilly walking down the hall towards them. Kyle straitened his posture. "You're late."
Willow rolled her eyes and walked past them, not even bothering to meet their gazes. "I had detention, gotta keep up appearances."
Kyle ran up next to her and growled. "Appearing weak is no way to..."
*SLAM*
Willow's arm shot out and grabbed him by the neck, slamming him into the row of lockers, his feet dangling inches above the floor. "You ignorant little fool. You have to look weak so that they are not prepared. It's called 'tactics' or 'strategy' you idiot and that's why _I_ am in control."
Tor, Heidi, and Rhonda cackled hysterically as they watched Kyle's face turn purple. Willow smiled and dropped Kyle to the ground. "Now come on, I've got a special treat for everyone."
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Herbert the pig sat peacefully in his cage. After running around for half the day and feasting on some pellets, the four-pound animal decided to get some much-deserved rest. He snorted contently as he drifted off to sleep. After several seconds, a small scraping noise woke him up to see five sets of glowing yellow eyes staring down at him. The little pig's hairs stood on end, as it knew what the eyes wanted. Herbert crawled into the farthest corner of his cage and squealed as a soft feminine voice called out.
"Pork, it's the other white meat."
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Pairings: One sided B/X, some B/A, and W/X
A/N: [One shot] A response to malastor's challenge 'Xander wasn't the one to get possessed by the Hyena' Not your usual W/X
A/N 2: God knows you can't write more unless you get reviews. And thanks for all of the positive reviews I've gotten so far.
Disclaimers: I don't own anything relating to Buffy.
Timeframe: S1 AU The Pack.
Dedicated to the few remaining W/X'ers out there, you know who you are.
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"So she didn't seem any different to you?"
Xander shook his head as they walked through the school doors. "I dunno. I mean she was all, 'hey' with the dancing and the touching. But we've both been pushing her to be more outgoing lately, so I don't know, maybe she just got fed up with..."
"Look out! It's gotten loose!"
Xander felt something pink and hairy rub up against his leg and looked down to see a small pig wearing a Sunnydale High Razorbacks Helmet with foam tusks and a green serrated foam tied to its back. He elbowed Buffy in the ribs and pointed down. "I think it likes me."
Buffy squealed in excitement and quickly bent down to pick him up. "Awww, its adorable!"
The principle of Sunnydale high quickly rounded panting. "Lordy, Herbert! Gave Mr. Flutie quite a scare, didn't he?" Flutie turned around to face the mass of students that had gathered. "Students, I'd like you all to met Herbert, our new mascot for the Sunnydale High Razorbacks!"
Several students, shrugged and clapped, the remainder simply ignored the middle-aged man. Buffy gently squeezed the pig in her embrace, earning a "lucky pig" from Xander, which she promptly ignored. She turned to Mr. Flutie and smiled. "He's so _cute_!"
Mr. Flutie shook his head quickly and walked over to take the pig off her hands. "He's not cute. No! He's a fierce Razorback!"
Xander raised an eyebrow. "He doesn't look that fierce, Mr. Flutie, maybe with a little A1 sauce..."
Mr. Flutie frowned. "He's mean, he's ready for action! See?" He tugged on one of the foam tusks attached to the helmet. "Here are the tusks..." Then he gently petted the green foam on the pig's back. "...of the mighty scary Razorback!"
Buffy smiled and nodded at Mr. Flutie. "You're right. He's a fine mascot and will engender school spirit."
Mr. Flutie groaned. "Uh, he better. Costs a fortune to feed him." The pig oinked in its defense. Flutie ran a hand through his short black hair. "Alright, let's get you back into your cage."
Buffy pouted and held Herbert up to her face. "Its okay sweetie, Auntie Buffy will see you later."
The pig snorted and whimpered as the blond slayer reluctantly handed the potbelly pig over to the principle. Mr. Flutie grinned happily and held the pig up to his face before scolding him. "Now listen here Herbert, you've got to behave from now on, and the Sunnydale Ridgeback has to listen to his principle."
Herbert wiggled and got free again. "Oink."
Mr. Flutie ran after the chaos-inflicting mammal. "HERBERT! COME BACK!"
After several seconds of slack-jawed silence, Buffy turned to Xander. "I'm gonna..."
"By all means."
Buffy quickly ran after Mr. Flutie in an effort to save the potbelly pig, while Xander turned and walked out to the commons area.
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Herbert snorted as Buffy carried him alongside Mr. Flutie. "See, the problem is you kids today have no school spirit. Hold on, let me get his outfit off." Buffy pouted as Herbert's uniform was forcibly removed. "Today it's all gangs and drugs and those movies on Showtime with the nudity."
Buffy raised and eyebrow and was about to speak when Flutie held up his hand and continued. "I don't have cable, I only heard. When I was your age we cared about the school's reputation and the football team's record, all that stuff! Of course, when I was your age I was surrounded by old guys telling me how much better things were when they were _my_ age."
Buffy rolled her eyes and held Herbert back up to her face. She started babbling in baby talk, much to the amusement of the piglet. "Oohhh its okay Herbie, oh yeesh, oh yesh it is!"
The pig snorted happily before suddenly he suddenly squealed and jumped out of her arms. The slightly overweight principle spun back around and gave chase. "NO HERBERT! COME BACK!"
Buffy turned back around to see Willow leaning against the row of lockers staring intently at her with an almost snarl across her face. She looked back down the hall to see Mr. Flutie running after the screaming animal. She quickly turned back only to see a whiff of red hair turn a corner. Her face scrunched up in confusion before turning back around to catch Herbert.
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"Okay, so the bisector of a vertex is the line that divides the angle at that vertex into two equal parts."
Xander looked up from his math book and paper to look around the courtyard. Several groups of students were laughing and reading, some eating or simply talking. The brunette simply sighed and stared uneasily at the book infront of him. He clicked his pen and continued to write.
"All triangles can be divided into two separate triangles, but only Isosceles and Equilateral...crap."
Xander slammed the book shut and rubbed his eyes. Math was not his friend. Neither was history, science, or much else for that matter, but still. "Dammit Wills."
"What?"
Xander lowered his arms and opened his eyes to see Willow standing two feet infront of him. The redhead had on a short black skirt with dark stockings. She had taken to wearing tight dark green tops to compliment her bright red hair and bring it down a little while accentuating her more...womanly curves. In her black red heels, he was able to keep her waist directly at Xander's eyelevel. With a smirk, she put her hands on her hips and leaned to the side. "Cat got your tongue?"
Xander's mouth opened a little as he looked quickly left and right. "Wha- Where did you come from?"
Willow smirked and sauntered over next to him and slowly sat down to his left, 'accidentally' making contact in her descent. "Well when a boy and a girl _reeally_ like each other..."
Xander unconsciously shifted to his right. "Haha, anyway, here were you? Without you, all of these numbers and angles get too much. You know that saying 'its all Greek to me?' well it's like that except I know some Greek and this aint Greek...except maybe for the names and things."
Willow smiled and started stroking his shoulder in a slow up and down motion. "Why are you doing this to yourself Xander?"
Xander suddenly became aware of the fact that his best friend since kindergarten was pressing up next to him and stood up. "You remember, I fail math, I flunk out of school, I end up being the guy at the pizza place that sweeps the floor and says, 'Hey, kids, where's the cool parties this weekend?' We've been through this Wills, I need your help."
The redhead smiled mischievously and pawed her hands on the bench like a kitten. "Well, what are you going to do for me?"
"A shiny nickel?"
Willow smiled and stood up. "Nooo, I was thinking of something..." She walked behind him and slowly leaned into his back, whispering across his neck. "...else."
Xander stumbled forward, barely able to keep his balance. He turned around and stammered. "Hey now, Wills. Okay. I was a little concerned about w-with the, uhh, dancing and the laughing. But I thought hey..." Willow smirked and walked closer to him. "...if my bestest bud wants to..." he motioned quickly towards her clothes "...dress different and everything that's cool too."
The redhead smiled at the boy's ramblings. "What exactly are you saying?"
"I'm not sure exactly, can I get back to you on that?"
"Xander?"
"Yeah?"
"Shut up."
"Okay."
Willow slowly leaned into his body and reached her hands around his back, one hand slowly gliding up his spine to rest against the back of his skull, the other just barely hovering over his waistline. Xander looked down into her dark green eyes. "Wills, I..." Willow smirked and pulled his head down into a passionate kiss while the other hand grabbed his backside roughly, resulting a small grunt of surprise from Xander and catcalls from the students in the area.
"Whoo yeah!"
"About damn time Harris!"
"Get a room."
"Oh my god, like I coulda sworn the little nerd was a lesbo or something."
Xander could feel the growl rise in Willow's throat as she broke off the kiss and turned to see Harmony smiling evilly with her hands upon her hips. The blonde cheerleader flipped her hair to the side and pouted.
"Awww, the poor baby thinks that she can wear grown up clothes now. Well don't worry, I'm sure that Wal-mart can give you a refund."
Xander moved to intercept the ditz. "Oh I'm sorry Harmony, I can't understand what you're saying. I guess that giving the whole football team blowjobs must make it hard to form complete sentences, not that you had that ability in the first place."
Harmony merely rolled her eyes before looking back at the redhead. "Isn't that sweet. You finally got the loser to notice you. It must've been hard to know that he didn't want you for so long. But I guess if you fuck him, you can keep him away from Summers."
Willow's eyes burned a fierce amber as she ran up and smashed her fist into the blonde's jaw. "Xander's _mine_ bitch, and don't you fucking forget it."
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"So she broke her jaw?"
"Yeah, I mean Go Wills for standing up for herself. But it's almost too much to take in with the clothes..."
"And the laugh."
"And the kiss."
"And the k..."
Buffy's eyes widened and she looked at her best male friend in complete and utter shock. "WHAT?"
Xander quickly started looking around to see if something was going to attack him. "What? Where?"
The blonde slayer grabbed hid head with both hands and pulled his face to meet her gaze. "She _kissed_ you?"
Xander wiggled himself out of her grip and straitened his shirt. "Yes, and hard as that may be for you to conceive, an actual woman finds me attractive. I realize its no mystery guy handing out leather jackets, and while we're on the subject, what kind of a girlie name is 'Angel' anyway?"
Buffy groaned and smacked the back of his head, earning a retaliatory glare from Xander. "What happened?"
Xander rubbed the back of his head with one hand and continued walking. "I dunno. I mean she was late for our math study session, then she shows up looking very..."
"Very what?"
Xander sheepishly grinned. "...Un-Willow like, and she doesn't let me study and just kisses me. I can't really tell you more, its like one big blur almost."
Buffy rolled her eyes. "Yeah, that's what _every_ girl wants to hear. Be sure to tell her when she gets out of detention."
Xander chuckled as they walked into fifth period with Mrs. Beakman. "No no no, don't get me wrong. It was...incredible..."
"Now _that_ you should tell her."
"But something was off..."
Buffy glanced at the empty desk where Willow usually sat before turning back to Xander. "What do you mean?"
Xander shook his head. "I'm not sure. Its just when she went after Harmony. She...she's my Willow. She doesn't do that."
Buffy sighed. "Maybe she just decided that she was going to stand up for herself."
Xander nodded before staring off into space. "Yeah maybe."
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Kyle impatiently sighed as he waited with Tor, Heidi and Rhonda. "Why do we have to wait?"
"Because I told you to."
The four members of the gang turned to see Willow smiling evilly walking down the hall towards them. Kyle straitened his posture. "You're late."
Willow rolled her eyes and walked past them, not even bothering to meet their gazes. "I had detention, gotta keep up appearances."
Kyle ran up next to her and growled. "Appearing weak is no way to..."
*SLAM*
Willow's arm shot out and grabbed him by the neck, slamming him into the row of lockers, his feet dangling inches above the floor. "You ignorant little fool. You have to look weak so that they are not prepared. It's called 'tactics' or 'strategy' you idiot and that's why _I_ am in control."
Tor, Heidi, and Rhonda cackled hysterically as they watched Kyle's face turn purple. Willow smiled and dropped Kyle to the ground. "Now come on, I've got a special treat for everyone."
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Herbert the pig sat peacefully in his cage. After running around for half the day and feasting on some pellets, the four-pound animal decided to get some much-deserved rest. He snorted contently as he drifted off to sleep. After several seconds, a small scraping noise woke him up to see five sets of glowing yellow eyes staring down at him. The little pig's hairs stood on end, as it knew what the eyes wanted. Herbert crawled into the farthest corner of his cage and squealed as a soft feminine voice called out.
"Pork, it's the other white meat."
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