I don't own anything from Danball Senki Wars.
Boo! It's Halloween and I had been thinking up of this for a while and wrote this chapter after an exhausting morning of one of the papers of my exams. Enjoy!
"…Aaron, what are you wearing?" Ayari asked when the said boy entered the common room wearing a lab coat with a white collar shirt underneath and a pair of black pants. But what made Ayari ask the question was the white wig which was pointing in all directions.
Aaron grinned and spoke in a western accent. "It's Halloween, Dummy."
A tick formed on Ayari's forehead. "What?!"
"It's a famous phrase that our neighborhood likes to use to describe Halloween and their costumes." Hikari quickly cut in before Ayari could beat him up.
"Yup." Aaron nodded proudly. "I came up with it myself."
"Ok, so what's with the get up?" Ayari eyed his costume. "What are you dressing up as? Albert Einstein?"
"How did you guess?" Aaron muttered and, thankfully, removed the wig.
"You should know that Ayari can simply know things like that by now." Mikhail remarked mildly as he too eyed Aaron up and down. "By the way, the party does not start until this evening, why are you dressing up now?"
"Oh, actually, I'm going back to the class to put some finishing touches to the decorations and won't be coming back to the dorms after that." Aaron explained. "So, I might as well get ready now. Oh, and don't forget to remind Christy not to go into the class like last year."
"Like I won't." Ayari muttered as Aaron left and Catherin and Haruki came up into the common room.
"Do we want to know why Aaron is dressed up like a scientist?" Haruki asked.
"Best that you don't." Vanessa answered.
"He should be an interior designer." Catherin said. "I really like the way he suggested our class should be decorated for the Scariest Class Award. Heck, I bet your class won last year because of him."
Much to her surprise, the ex-Rossius students stiffen and looked away sheepishly.
"…Huh?"
"Well, you see…" Hikari fumbled with her skirt. "We didn't exactly win last year because of him…"
"Yosh, everything is set!" Aaron said proudly as he stood in the middle of the class which was neatly decorated with Jack o Lanterns, cut outs of bats, cats, vampires, snakes, ghost and spiders, and a ton of fake web spray on the ceiling and corners of the room. He even made a witch with a cauldron from Paper Mache which was standing beside the door. There were also walls made from cardboard covered with black paper and glow in the dark stickers on them to form a maze.
"Hey Aaron…Woah!" Hikari exclaimed when she came inside the class. "It's just as scary as the ones that you used to do at home."
"Thanks." Aaron grinned. "And check out the lighting." He took a remote control out of his pocket and pressed a button. Instantly, the lights went out the room went dark. After a second, small spotlights hanging from the ceiling began to light up the cut outs and jack o lanterns then moved on to the paper mache witch, creating spooky shadows each time it shined on an object. "The lights won't come on until it senses someone in the room. That way, we can save some electricity."
Hikari's jaws dropped open. "Wow…oh, I forgot!" She slapped her cheek. "Muraku's looking for you just now."
"Ok." Aaron pocketed the remote controller and went to the door.
"Aren't you going to turn it off?" Hikari asked.
"Nah." He shook his head. "The headmaster is coming soon for the judging. I'll leave this on for him to see when he comes by."
"…Ok." She soon followed him out, thinking that no one would come until then. Big Mistake.
A few minutes later, Christy, unaware that Aaron had left the contraption on, came into the room. "Hey Aaron…"
The door instantly closed shut and the lights started shining on the cut outs. Christy's face became pale as the shadows became creepier. Finally, it rested on the paper mache witch, creating a shadow of the witch stiring the cauldron while crackling with mad laughter. It was too much for Christy that she let out a blood curling scream that shook the whole school…
"And here we have 2-1." The headmaster remarked to himself as he approached the class. "Now let's see what have they…" He jumped when he heard the blood curling scream and the scream o'meter in his hands broke. "What the…!? It must have been too scary for someone who is inside to scream like that. I better make them the winner." He mumbled as he walked away unaware that Ayari and Hikari were running to the class.
Ayari quickly yanked the door open and poked her head inside. "Christy!?"
She was met with the sight of Christy fainted on the floor with form coming out of her mouth.
"…That's what happened?" Catherin and Haruki sweatdropped.
Ayari nodded sheepishly. "Yeah…every since then, she's been pretty paranoid of Halloween. We didn't realize that we won because of that until the headmaster told us."
"…Ok, what are you going to the party as?" Haruki quickly changed the subject.
"And don't say that you're not going because of the blood and gore." Vanessa warned.
Ayari let out a frustrated sigh and picked up a magazine. "Not that I have a choice. Mom sent me an outfit already and insisted that I wear it."
"What is it?" Hikari asked with her interest piped up.
"Not to be seen until the party." Ayari muttered.
"I may have an idea of what it is though." Mikhail whispered to Hikari and Vanessa making them giggle.
Ayari glared daggers at him. "Mikhail, say one word…"
"Then again, I won't tell." He quickly added.
"Good." Ayari muttered and turned her attention back to the magazine, unaware that Mikhail wrote something in his notebook and tore it out, giving it to the girls to see. They silently giggled and gave him an 'ok' sign.
"Now everything is done." Aaron declared as he placed finishing touches on the lighting.
Yuno's mouth hanged open as she rubbed her eyes for the hundredth time to check if she was imagining things or not. "Aaron…isn't this a little too much?"
"Nonsense." Aaron shook his head. The room was pretty much decorated like last year but this time, he added an extra cut out of a witch flying on a broom with its cat and a spot light in front of it. "Once I on the spotlight, the shadow of the cut out will create a shadow of it on the window. And I do this all the time at home."
Yuno nodded in understanding…or rather, part of it. "Ok…I'm going to change into my costume now. Aren't you going to?"
"Nope." Aaron put back on the wig and wore the lab coat. "Ta da!"
Once again, Yuno's mouth dropped open. "I won't ask what you are."
"Of course. It's Halloween, Dummy. I'm Einstein."
Yuno opened her mouth to say something but decided against it and closed it. "Whatever. I'm going to change now."
When Aaron was sure that she had left the room, a grin crept up his face. "Hopefully we'll win because of this and not because of some scream o'meter being broken."
To be continued…
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