Nico
"Gulch."
"Gulch."
"Gulch."
I sat there beside my best friend Lewnna. She had just arrived for my birthday party. It was a small party as usual but no one else had arrived yet. My brother was in the living room playing 'Brothers in Arms' and was currently on the level 'Bloody Gulch' We were enjoying how fun it was to say the word. We broke out into a fit of giggles for a moment as the web page loaded. We were reading '101 ways to annoy the Akatsuki' on FanFiction. "Oh! Oh! Here's one!" I said excitedly. "When Kakuzu is in his room alone, open his door and yell 'I knew it!' then run off" We broke out into laughs as I scrolled down the list some more. We read stories like this until a couple of my other friends arrived. Once everyone arrived we popped in the first DVD of my Naruto Shippuden box set, a birthday present from my parents. It started with the 'Rescue the Kazekage' part of the series, which was my favourite part, since I'm both a huge Gaara fan and a huge Akatsuki fan. We sat down in my living room with pizza, pop, chips and other goodies. Once the DVD was finished, we sat around the table for cake and presents. My father set a large box in front of me. "Happy birthday." He said before he stepped back. I opened the card first, there was a folded up piece of paper within that I set aside.
Dear Nico;
You are such an amazing daughter and you make us proud everyday, I know you've been saving up to get your next cosplay but save the money…
I wondered what he meant until I opened the folded piece of paper. It was an order form from the site I ordered my cosplays from. I started to flip out at that point. I didn't even see what cosplay was written on it, I was just too excited. "What is it?" Lewnna asked. "It's a order form for my next cosplay!" I said as I showed her the sheet. She shot up beside me excitedly and held the form in her hand with me. I looked down the sheet to see the best thing ever.
-Gaara Chuunin exam cosplay
-Gaara wig
I continued to flip out at this. "Oh my god!" I jumped up and down repeatedly. I eventually calmed down and sat down. I opened the box. Inside was the costume and the wig. I practically back flipped, which I can't do, when I pulled them out. "We're taking pictures tomorrow!" Lewnna said excitedly. I nodded happily. My mom then handed me a smaller box. I ripped the wrapping paper off to find a new digital camera inside. I hugged the box tight. "Oh thank you!" I yelled to my parents excitedly. Then I started opening the gifts from my friends. I received an Akatsuki T-shirt , And a couple Naruto ninja figurines. I now had Deidara, Sasori and Hidan in my mininja collection. Once my presents had been opened the lights went out in the living room and kitchen. I set the gifts off to the side as my mom entered carrying an ice cream cake. My friends broke out into 'Happy Birthday' as the cake was brought over. The cake was set down on the table and me and Lewnna broke out into small laughs. On the cake was a large red cloud with a white lining. In gel letters above and below the cloud said 'Happy 15th Birthday Nico' I blew out the candles and the lights flicked on. It took a second for our eyes to adjust, then we started slicing the cake. We sat around the living room in a large circle. Small chatter and giggles flowed through the room as we ate the cake. "Oh!" Said one of my other friends. I looked towards her, then to the clock. "Oh do you have to go already?" I asked as I set my slice of cake down. She nodded. Another one of my friends stood up as well. "I'm catchin' a ride with her…" She explained. I nodded as I heard her mother's car drive into the alley. I walked them to the door, handing them their goodie bags. The rest of my friends filed out over the next hour and it was just me and Lewnna. I walked into my room, grabbing the fibreglass pole I had leant against the wall. I grabbed the paint, card board and duck tape and walked back into the living room. I set the fibreglass pole down between me and Lewnna and we started working on my Hidan scythe. I took an exactoblade to the card board, slicing it into the three blades. Lewnna duck taped the card board onto the pole as I searched for red and black paint. We started to paint it. Once we were finished I placed the scythe in the large living room window to dry. I looked at the clock. 10:16 pm. "I want some more pizza I said as I stood up and walked to the living room. I opened up the box to find about of the pizza. "Want a slice?" I asked Lewnna. "Nah I'm okay…" She responded. I nodded, grabbed 2 slices, placing them on a plate and putting it in the microwave. "Put in the second DVD of the box set…" I called from up on the chair. Lewnna went over to the DVD player, exchanging the disks. I grabbed my slices from the microwave and sat down in the living room again. We continued watching for a while. After finishing a few episodes, I put the DVD's in the box set, placing the box set and all my cosplays into my Akatsuki themed basket, with my mininjas attached to the zipper handles. I placed my backpack beside the couch where I was going to sleep for the night. We were watching late night TV when a UPS truck pulled up in front of my house. Lewnna and I looked out the window, wondering what was going on. The UPS courier came up to the window and knocked. I opened the window. I opened the window slightly. "Nico Amey?" He asked. "That's me…" I said slowly. He handed me a large package. I took it slowly. "Wait? Who's it from?" I asked. He shrugged and walked off. I closed the window and set the package on the table. "Dad?" I called as I walked through the house. "Yes?" He responded. "A package just showed up…" I said. He emerged from his room. "Who's it from?" He asked. I shrugged. "It's for Nico it says…" Lewnna said as she read the label of the packaging. "It's from a cosplay site…" She continued. "Go ahead… open it…" My dad said as we walked into the living room. I ripped open the package with my house key. Within were cosplay costumes. I pulled out one. "Coolio! It's Naruto cosplays!" I said as I held them up. Inside was a few cosplays. The first I held up was a Temari Chuunin exam cosplay with matching wig. "awesome!" Lewnna responded. I nodded, setting them on the table. "What else is in there?" She asked. I searched through the large box. "Ummm… A Genin Sasuke cosplay, with the wig… Uhhh… Genin Ino cosplay, with the wig… I kept searching through the box placing cosplays on the table as I found them. "Genin Hinata cosplay with the wig…" I said as I placed it on the table. "Lewnna?" I said as I searched through the box. "Yeah Nico?" She responded. "You want any of these?" I asked. "No it's okay…" She said. I pulled out a Genin Shikamaru cosplay next. The rest of the cosplays within the box were, A Sai cosplay, Team Taka Karin cosplay, A Young Konan cosplay, all the matching wigs, and the wigs of the rest of the Akatsukis. I also found a few kunais and such. "Wait! What's this?" I asked looking at two cosplays from within the box. We opened them up, examining them closely. "They seem to be custom costumes…" I said. "Cool…" Lewnna responded. My mom walked into the room. "Okay Nico, your father and I are going to a movie alright?" She said. I nodded. "Alright mom." I responded. I placed the costumes within my backpack for tomorrow's cosplaying at Lewnna's house. I set the backpack beside the box on the table as we turned off everything and got ready to sleep. I hugged my Deidara plushie as I began to drift off.
THUD
I rubbed my eyes as I awoke. There was some sort of thudding. I found my Deidara plushie on the floor. I tucked the plushie in my backpack, knowing it would just fall off again anyways. I curled back under my camo blanket and tried to fall asleep again.
THUD
I opened my eyes again and looked around the room. I couldn't see what the source of the thudding was so I tried once more to go back to sleep.
THUD
I grumbled as I opened my eyes once more. I looked to the mattress on the floor and Lewnna was up too. "Nico?" She asked groggily. "Yeah?" I called back.
THUD
We looked towards the sound to see the box on the table. We slowly walked towards it.
THUD
I almost fell backwards when I saw it move. "Lewnna?" I said whispering. "Yeah?" She whispered back. "What do you think it is?" I asked.
THUD
She shrugged. We slowly walked towards it. We were there quickly, considering the table was in the middle of the living room.
THUD
I gulped as I lifted the flap of the card board. I slowly, and shakily, opened the box. The thudding and shaking stopped. I looked into the box slowly. What I saw inside was, nothing. I sighed and closed the box loosely. A swirling whooshing sort of noise erupted within the room. "What!" I yelled to Lewnna. I turned around, trying to retain my footing. A sort of tornado swirled out from the box. I lost my footing after that. "Ahhh!" I screamed as we flew towards the box, I grabbed onto something that had a handle, just trying to find a way to stay out of the box. The thing didn't hold well and I was lost in the swirling wind with no end in sight…