"Okay, now let's get into groups to see what our defences are like. Stand where I tell you. Okay, vamps with me, witches stand where Willow is, people able to use a variety of weapons over there near Giles and the Sla- " Xander got interrupted.

"The what?" Buffy inquired politely.

"Ummm.. you!" Stand by that table" he replied nervously.

"Oh, but I've got a group. I'm with you. The vampires."

"But you're not a vampire… are you?"

"Nope." Buffy laughed.

"Well you go stand over there in your own little group. Okay?"

"Are you telling me what to do?" Buffy asked him, getting angry.

Xander glance around the room, everyone was making 'NO' gestures.

"Yes." He replied calmly.

Shouting at him: "You have NO right to tell ME what to do!"

"Oh shut up, Buffy! I'm sick of you always getting your own way all the time. You think that you're so much better than everybody else!"

Everybody stood and watched the argument in amazement.

"I could take you any day, Harris!" sneered Buffy.

"Okay then. Now - to the death." He replied daring her.

Everyone gasped.

"You're on! Get back everybody, this may get ugly."

"There you go again, Miss High-and-Mighty. Well I'm gonna change that attitude of yours. Show me your stuff, Slayer!"

Buffy poked her tongue out at him and cart wheeled around the room so fast that she was just a blur of colour. She stopped, raised her fists ready to fight, and waited.

Xander cocked his head and looked at her.

"Is that all you've got? You know what you remind me of? Halloween. When we all changed into whatever costume we wore. You were the defenseless little noble woman. You fainted when you saw a drop of blood and ran away from Angel. That's what you are like now, a chicken. Weak. Just like when you ran away from the big, dark scary vampire. Your BOYFRIEND!"

Buffy ran over to him and started to fight.

"NEVER insult my boyfriend - especially in front of me!" she shouted.

"And what about YOU ? You haven't exactly had a fantastic love life. First you fall in love with a teacher who turns out to be a giant preying mantis who eats VIRGINS!"

"Well even if I was a virgin at least I'm not so bad that I made my love lose their soul!" he retorted.

Buffy just stopped and stared. Everybody watched in shocked silence.

"That was low. Even for you." She said quietly. "I hate you." Getting louder now: "Anyway, well then you fell for an ancient Inca mummy who wanted to give you the kiss of death – not that you didn't deserve it. That whole time you didn't even notice your best friend, you loved you so much. I'm glad Willow found Oz. She's too good for you."

They began to fight again, flipping each other around the room, trying to cause as much pain as possible.

"Tired?" laughed Xander.

"I'm gonna kill you Harris!" panted Buffy.

"Not if I kill you first, Summers" he smirked at her. "Why did you hav to come to Sunnydale anyway? We were fine without you."

"You didn't even know what a vampire was before I came!" she shouted.

"Exactly, we didn't have to waste all our childhood killing them. We were happy not knowing!"

"You would have been dead if it wasn't for me! You bastard!"

"Yeah, you can't really say that anymore now, can you?" Xander pinned her to the ground. He lifted his stake.

"Death by stake? Sounds perfect for a Slayer." He smiled down at her.