Usually on Halloween, children would usually knock the door; however there are children who are forever persistent and instead of gently knocking the door the more or less beat the poor door senseless, this version of knocking has been dubbed the "naruto knock" for reasons known only to naruto and his friends.
One person in particular for receiving the famous door knocks would be one academy teacher Umino Iruka and this year was no different. After fighting for an estimated twenty minutes straight to getting the plastic fangs to co-operate he was finally ready to hit the konoha Halloween party, now all he had to do was wait for….
BANG BANG BANG
"sigh…never fails to keep up tradition…eh naruto?" shaking his head and giving a soft chuckle Iruka quickly opened the door to avoid having it broken down by one energetic blonde, immediately after opening the door his arms where filled by said blonde.
"HAPPY HALLOWEEN IRUKA SENSEI!!!" yelled one naruto Uzumaki resulting in a fist colliding with the back of his head by his kunoichi team mate and an exasperated eye roll from one dark haired avenger
"Ha Ha...hey guys don't you look fantastic" he grinned glancing over the small group taking note of their ideas for costumes
Naruto had decided to dress up in a pirate outfit. The costume involved a silk white open collar shirt with frills around the collar and the cuffs, the pants were of the same silky material in a dark blue and torn at the bottom giving them a classy yet ragged look to them, on his head he wore a dark blue bandana decorated with white konoha leaf symbols on his left ear a large hooped earring dangled making soft tinkling sounds when he moved, across his waist a dark blue sash which acted as a belt for the shirt, to keep it from being bullied by the wind and to complete the ensemble a small black eye-patch covering his right eye and small black boots covering his feet.
Sakura was dressed in a pink sparkled top which glittered with various colors when hit at different angles by the light, on her legs were skin tight black pants with pink boots which reached to just below her knees, adorned on her heard were a pair of pink fuzzy cat ears and attached to her pants was a medium length pink fuzzy cat tail. On her hands where sleek pink gloves with twinkling silver plastic claws attached to the tips of the fingers making them into claws and on each wrist a set of silver and gold bracelets with a sleek black swirl design. Her face was decorated with stick on whiskers, bright red lipsticks donned her lips and her eyes were decorated with a soft pink shimmery eye-shadow and outlined with dark black eye-liner making her eyes stand out more than her hair.
"Cough…uuhh…sasuke…I thought you weren't going to dress up…and why…THAT one" choking back laughter, Iruka dropped his gaze to the candy bowl in his hands
Sasuke's costume was considerably different from the others
"Hehe…what? Don't you think his costume matches him…or his hair at least?" smirked a very amused naruto
Yes…standing in the doorway of Iruka Umino's apartment was Sasuke Uchiha in a yellow duck costume complete with bright yellow fluffy feathers orange stockings and padded feet and lastly an orange beak which was currently being used to hide his furiously blushing face
"Yeah…well … I lost a bet and this idiot got to choose the costume…I should have known better" muttered a fluffy uchiha
Raising an eyebrow and glancing between the two he was beginning to wonder what on earth would possess the ever stoic uchiha into making a bet with the hyper active uzumaki in the first place? However he wasn't denying the fact that the results were indeed hysterical and not took all self control not to burst into fits of laughter.
Giggling slightly Sakura moved slightly back tapping her arm indicating it was time to leave
"lets go" she whined "I want to get there before Ino has a chance to corrupt the guys into thinking she has the better costume" placing her hands on her hips and tapping her foot slightly she waited for her friends to finish their conversation so they could leave and head to the party.
After locking the door, the small group began making their way to the party passing through the bustling streets filled with people both young and old dressed as monsters, demons, goblins and other various characters both fictional and non-fictional running through the markets laughing and cheering, having fun in scaring each other senseless
Grinning and returning his attention to his former students he couldn't help but roll his eyes playfully as he watched the three argue, which was more along the lines of Sakura yelling at Naruto, The blonde whining about Sakura being mean and Sasuke (still in the duck suit) merelyrolling his eyesat his comrades antics
"I said hurray up Naruto, I don't want to take up kakashi sensei's habit of being late, I'm hoping my costume is at least unique this year" sighed Sakura, her happy mood now beginning to drop
"Speaking of kakashi-sensei does anyone know what she was going to this party as?" asked Iruka with a small blush on his face, fortunately this went unnoticed by the genin due to the darkness. Iruka and kakashi had been together for the past two years however he had noticed that every Halloween she would behave strangely weeks before the holiday arrives, she would be in an almost trance-like state and wander into the forest and wouldn't return for hours on end.
Whenever he asked about it she would look at him with a confused expression before smiling and walking away without ever answering. He didn't know what to think but it honestly scared him as he was unsure of what she was up to, he had found a small silver dagger in her drawer earlier this morning and had made it a mission for himself to get to the bottom of this.
"Probably that girl from that book she's always reading" muttered the raven haired genin
"I think she'll go for something scary… maybe ….A SCARECROW" turning to face Sakura with a flashlight under his face giving him a creepy look rewarded him with a large lump on the head thanks to sakura's fist
"WOULD YOU STOP DOING THAT …AND WHERE THE HELL DO YOU KEEP GETTING THESE FLASHLIGHTS!!" screeched Sakura, scaring passing kids to running in the other direction
"OWCH… anyway I wouldn't worry about Ino, it's not like she is going to partner with your outfit and be a canary …I mean what are the chances of that" grinned Naruto
"You were saying?" glared Sakura, gritting her teeth in frustration, resisting the urge to go over to her blonde haired rival and lock her in the nearest bathroom stall or bury her in the closest garden patch as standing in the corner of the newly decorated haunted hall was Ino of team Asuma in a Pink canary costume
Backing away slowly the boys felt a dark aura and a slowly rising killing intent radiating from their pink haired teammate and all silently agreed that they would rather not be on the receiving end of said killing intent
Sighing in exasperation Iruka quickly scanned the crowd and took note of the many shinobi present and estimated that a good majority of them were wasted due to the usual Halloween tradition of spiking the punch bowl however this tradition was not limited to just Halloween, this applied to Christmas parties, Easter parties office get togethers in general anything involving a large group of people especially if those people were Genma and Anko .
Squinting his eyes against the dark setting he glanced over the dancing group of people hoping to spot a certain silver haired jounin,
"am I…pretty?" whispered a smooth silky voice right next to his ear making the poor chunin's heart leap into his throat, twirling around he suddenly found himself staring into two dark grey eyes shinning with mirth from a black haired woman wearing a white medical mask with a sleek white shirt and a tannish brown short skirt and high-heeled black shoes to complete the costume a long tannish brown trench coat
"uuhhh….I'm sorry miss …?" stammered Iruka Who on earth is this woman?
"Iruka Umino are trying to tell me you don't recognize me? I'm hurt" giggled the masked woman placing her hands over her heart making I playful wounded expression on her face before laughing heartily and gently tapping him on the shoulder
"KAKASHI!! What the hell…your eyes there…" he gasped
"look normal? Heh well I managed to use a bit of chakra to place a genjutsu so it looks like my normal eye and the hair is a wig" grinning she lifted up the front part of her wig revealing sleek silver hair tied in a tight bun, allowing the wig to slide easily over her original hair yet not lose enough so it would not easily fall off.
Blinking owlishly at the figure before him, not that she didn't look particularly wonderful but what was bugging him was one question
"what are you supposed to be?" choking on her own breath kakashi took a minute to regain her composure before staring disbelievingly at him
"you seriously never heard of kuchisaki onna? Geez…I thought all kids and adults alike heard of that story." Iruka just continued to stare blankly at her , he looks so cute when he's confused kakashi shook her head and patiently began telling him the story of the slit-mouthed woman and how she would ask if she where pretty and depending on the answer you gave her would depend if you lived or died.
"w…wow…y..you sure you didn't make that up?" grinned Iruka , placing a grin on his face to cover the fact that he was shaking slightly in fear, shaking the mental images of a homicidal ghost woman out of his head he once more looked over at kakashi's costume and noticed that on the bottom of her trench coat and on the bottom of her sleeves were covered in blood
"Woah…nice costume sensei great work with the fake blood" gasped an impressed blonde team 7 member
"haha…yeah….fake" smiled kakashi looking around the crowd as if waiting for something, raising his eyebrow he glanced in the direction she was looking at wanting to know what was so interesting when suddenly an ANBU burst through the doors of the hall and announced to the now silent crowd
"Captain Yamato is dead"
im sorry yamato D8 but it was necessary
i liked the urban legend of the slit mouthed woman, due to th fact it disturbed me as well as creeped me out
the legend goes like this:
"You are walking home from school and your path takes you down a deserted city street. Suddenly, you hear a faint noise coming from the shadows. You glance over and see a beautiful woman standing there. She has long black hair and is wearing a beige trenchcoat. A surgical mask covers the lower half of her face. In Japan, wearing a surgical mask is not uncommon during flu season, to prevent spreading germs. She steps out of the shadows and blocks your path.
"Am I beautiful?" she you can answer, she tears off her mask, revealing a hideously deformed face. Her huge mouth is sliced from ear to ear and gapes open revealing rows of sharp teeth and a big red disgusting tongue twisting and twirling inside.
"Am I beautiful NOW?" she , you struggle to answer her. If you say "No", she pulls out a huge pair of scissors and kills you immediately, chopping off your head. If you say "Yes", she takes her scissors and slices your mouth from ear to ear, making you look just like her. If you try to run away, she will hunt you down and kill you, by slicing you in two.The only way to escape from Kuchisake Onna is to give a non-committal answer. If you say "You look average" or you look normal, she will be confused, giving you just enough time to run away. "
theres different variations to this, but still the legend itself is creepy
the fact she wears a mask covering the lower half of her face reminded me a little of kakashi and i thought it would be a good idea 8s
and as for sasuke i thought it would be funny to match his costume to his hair
please don't kill me *gives puppy dog look*
read and review please! flames shall be passed to my secretary