Chapter One; The Thunderstorm

Sasuke examined himself inside the bathroom mirror while he placed a thick black cap on top of his head before turning it around backwards. For Halloween had fallen upon the hidden leaf village once again. This year Sasuke had decided to dress up as a rapper. He was dressed in black from his head to his foot and wore a silver bling necklace around his neck. As he exited the bathroom his wife Sakura came out of the bedroom dressed up as Catwoman.

"Meow." She began in a sexy seductive manner before she curled her fingers and reached out her hand towards him. "So Sasuke, what do you think?" she questioned him.

"Hn." He began. "Other than the fact that you put on a little too much eyeliner, I think that you make one sexy feline." He told her. "Is Sasame ready to go?" he wondered.

"I don't know, I'll go check." She replied before she turned around and started walking towards the staircase. "Sasame, are you ready!?" she exclaimed. "Because it's about time to go!"

"Coming!" Sasame responded before a few seconds later she walked downstairs dressed up as a zombie girl.

"Wow, you look terrifying." Sakura said as Sasame smiled at her.

"Yeah, you did a good job with your makeup." Sasuke told her.

"Thanks, but Mom did it." She told him.

"Well come on, we better get to the party. If we're late Naruto's never going to let us hear the end of it." He said.

"Alright, Taki's already been let outside so he'll be fine until we get back." Sakura began. "Do you want to drive or shall I?" she wondered.

"I will." He told her before he removed his car keys from his belt loop and all three of them turned around and went out the front door together and Sasame slammed it tightly shut behind her since she was the last one out of it.

"Trick-or-treat." Sasuke teased after he rang Naruto's doorbell. Naruto was dressed up as a clown with black and white makeup all over his face.

"Oh come on Sasuke, you know that we don't trick-or-treat here." He told him.

"Yeah, why not, I've never understood that." Sasame said.

"Because we find it impolite." Sakura told her.

"Yeah, trick-or-treating my ass. They should call it what it really is, begging." Naruto said.

"Oh come on Naruto, you know that you would do it if you could." Sasuke told him.

"Yeah, who wouldn't want to get free candy?" Sasame inquired.

"Well, I don't know about candy, but I made cupcakes." Hinata said as she walked over to the door dressed up as Princess Jasmine from the movie Aladdin.

"Wow Hinata, I really like your costume." Sakura told her as Hinata simply just blushed at her.

"Really? Thanks Sakura, I like yours too." She told her before she stepped aside and allowed them to come in.

"Yeah, and what are you supposed to be?" Naruto began glancing over at Sasuke. "Somebody with a wardrobe malfunction?" he questioned.

"No." Sasuke began. "I'm a rapper. See the bling necklace?" he questioned him back before Boruto, Himawari, and Hokori came out of the kitchen. Boruto was dressed up as Marty Mcfly, Himawari was dressed up as an angel, and Hokori was dressed up as Spiderman.

"Hey guys, happy Halloween." Himawari told them.

"Happy Halloween!" Sasame exclaimed.

"Wow Sasame, I really love your costume." Himawari told her.

"Thanks, I like yours too." She told her with a grin.

"Well, help yourself to refreshments. There's plenty of them." Himawari told her but Naruto just simply shook his head.

"I wouldn't tell them that if I were you. Don't forget, your aunt Sakura's eating for two." He told her.

"So, do you know what it's going to be yet?" Hinata asked her as Sakura glanced down at her rather large belly.

"No. Sasuke and I want to be surprised. I'm really hoping for a boy though. That way we can have one of each." She told her.

"Well come on everyone, it's time to dance to Thriller." Naruto began. "And Sasuke don't even say that you don't dance because rappers do it all the time in their music videos." He told him.

"I'm not really a rapper you idiot, it's just a costume." Sasuke told him with a roll of his eyes.

"I know that! But if you want to make a believable rapper than you're going to have to act the part." Naruto told him.

"Well if that's the case then it shouldn't be a problem for you, because that costume was basically made for you." He said as Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Do you honestly have to fight every time you see each other? I mean, it is Halloween you know." She told them.

"I know but we're brothers and fighting is what brothers do best." Sasuke told her before Naruto stifled a laugh.

"I remember that one Halloween that we didn't though." He said.

"Oh yeah, I remember that too. We didn't fight because we were so scared that we didn't want to leave each other alone for even a minute." Sasuke said before flashing a sly grin at him.

"What are you guys talking about?" Sasame wondered. "What happened?" she asked him.

"Oh, I'm not sure if you want to hear it. It's kind of scary." He told her.

"Come on Papa it's Halloween! And what's Halloween without a scary story or two!" she exclaimed before all of a sudden thunder rolled inside the distance and all of the lights went out making Naruto gulp.

"Now that really is scary." He said.

"Why? You're not scared or anything are you?" Sasuke began. "It's only a thunderstorm." He told him.

"If he's not, I am." Sasame said with a gulp. "I've always hated thunderstorms ever since I was a little kid." She told him before lightning lit up the sky and thunder crashed again. Sasame let out a great petrified scream and then leapt inside her father's arms while the rain started pouring down from out of the sky. "I want to go home!" she cried.

"It's alright Sasame, your father's right. It's only a thunderstorm. Besides, we're all here together and now we can hear the story." Her mother told her.

"Well yeah, I guess that we'll have to now considering that we don't have anything else to do." Naruto said.

"Alright, let's all gather out in the living room." Sasuke said before he started carrying his daughter away. Then he sat down on the couch while she sat on top of his lap. He kissed her cheek while Hinata brought out the flashlights.

"This will be fun!" Sasame exclaimed as Sakura sat down next to them and Naruto sat down on the opposite side and the other kids sat down on the carpet in front of them with listening ears.