Hey everyone! My second story! Yup, it's really different from my other one, "Learn from Your Mistakes", which you shouldcheck out.

Okay, this is Shounen-ai/yaoi, please, if you don't like, don't read.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Summer Haunting

So far, every summer vacation in Naruto's life has been spent in the mountains, where Iruka lives.

From his young age to present day, Naruto never got tired of running around the tall green grass surrounding Iruka's home. He would stop when he reached the edge, where the grass didn't grow anymore, and the trees too tall to climb made shadows three times his size spread across the barren land. Here the forest said to be plagued by ghost, spirits, and monsters started, or so Iruka would tell him at bedtime. In the center of the forest laid an old shrine where the other-worldly beings lived, and if he wandered in, he would surely be captured and turned into one.

But this year, he was thirteen, which in his own eyes, meant he was old enough to venture into the forest. No silly little story Iruka told him was going to keep him away. He was naturally curious, it's Iruka's own fault for placing all that mystery into his young mind.

Taking a deep breath, he walked into the forest. It wasn't going to take him long, he just wanted to see what lay beyond Iruka's backyard.

Come on, he lived in a mountain, wouldn't he get a bit curious to see what else there was? Besides, Naruto would be back by lunch, Iruka was making ramen, he wouldn't miss that for the world.

Naruto walked and walked for thirty minutes, scene unchanging, the only indication of the day passing by was the ever growing shadows playing across the dirt. Hm, he was getting nowhere this slow, if he ran, he'd surely reach the other side of the forest soon, and maybe stumble upon the infamous shrine. He would show Iruka there was no such things as ghosts!

He ran wildly, changing directions constantly, until that feeling of running in circles overpowered him. Gasping for air, he sat down on a protruding root belonging to one of the many trees, trying to figure out which way he came from. He could tell it was getting dark, the ground no longer looked brown, but black, and he couldn't see very far into the wilderness anymore. Crap! For sure it was past lunch, If he didn't find his way home soon, Iruka will kill him.

Standing up, he tried to retrace his steps, shifting the leaves on the ground, looking for the footprints his shoes would most likely have left. Nope, nada, there were no impressions on the earth, dammit, he was lost. He suddenly went into Little Naruto Panic Mode ™, which meant screaming at everyone unrelated to his current problem, cursing them for his misfortune.

Well, this ruckus went un-appreciated by one spirit who had been following the blond boy since his entering the forest. The boy was so cute looking, if he hadn't followed him, all the other ghost would have taken him away already. But now he was waking everybody up, and waking up mean spirits from their beauty sleep was a crime that never went unpunished.

"Dobe, I would be more quiet, if I were you."

Naruto froze, was it just him, or did someone just talk? Oh god, the forest really was haunted! They're gonna kill him, spatter his blood everywhere, and he'll never have a proper burial, since he was lost, no one would ever find his beautiful body. NO! He wasn't going to be eaten by maggots, NO! He was gonna leave this world in a coffin!

Yelling into the what seemed empty forest, Naruto pleaded for his life, "Please don't kill me! UWA! Don't kill meee, I promise I'll listen to Iruka from now on! I'll give up ramen for ever! Just please don't kill me!"

"Che, who said anyone was gonna waste their time time to kill you, dobe?" a body landed softly on the ground behind Naruto, who turned around, wide-eyed. There in front of him, was a raven haired being with pale skin and frighteningly dark eyes. It was the most beautiful person Naruto had ever met, and to top it of, it was a boy.

"Who- who are you?" Naruto whispered, oh now he was quiet!

"A ghost."

For a second there, Naruto was calm, the world was calm, then, it all went blank. His body fell to the floor.

"Augh, dammit, why do they always do that!" the ghost walked over to Naruto's body, staring at the boy's cute features.

"Guess I gotta take him with me now, where's Kakashi when you need him?" He picked up the surprisingly light body, carrying it deeper and deeper into the dark forest.

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The old and dilapidated shrine came into view, many spirits laying across the numerous steps leading to it, looking up as the pale boy walked by with Naruto in his arms.

"How troublesome, now you've found another human, why can't you leave them alone?" A ponytailed boy yawned, sitting up to have a better look at the unwelcomed newcomer.

"He was making too much noise, wouldn't let me sleep, where's Kakashi?"

"Hmph, I don't know, ask Kiba here."

"What are you talking about Shikamaru? You saw him leave too." Kiba petted the dog at his side lazily.

"Just tell me where he is!"

"Fine, Sasuke, you need to relax a bit more, all this is too troublesome... he's with that human, Iru-whatever his name is, the one who lives in that huge house. Knowing Kakashi, he won't be back 'til morning."

"Then what do I do with the idiot?"

"Just let him sleep in one of the rooms," the dog gave a little bark, "take him back to the edge in the morning, it's the boy's fault for getting lost." Shikamaru nodded.

"Fine, you'll come with me in the morning too."

Both boys grumbled, Sasuke gave them one last menacing leer before entering the shrine.

Alright, there ya go, I don't know where this story is going, but I will update soon, so if you'd be so kind as to REVIEW, I would really love it. Makes time pass by faster.

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