Qiang: OK, people, I know I said I'd post a new chapter on the 19th, but I wanna type! It's keeping from dwelling on the fact that I can't see the newest vampire movie until it comes out on DVD. You know which movie! TWILIGHT! I'm only 13, so I can't see it while it's in cinemas. T^T I wanna see Twilight. But I can't. Being 13 sucks. Oh well. I'm not sure when Tsunade came into it, so she's gonna be the Hokage, got it? Any complaints? *Ignores random person that put their hand up* I didn't think so.
Mikoto: Well, enjoy the newest chapter!
Qiang: Oh, and there'll be one more OC in this chapter. Well, not really an OC. Know why?
Mikoto: Why?
Qiang: Because the new person shall be the one and only: xXQiang-the-RoseXx!! But my name won't be Qiang, it'll be Saisei. And I'm making myself a year older, so I'd have been born in '94 not '95. (I'll still be 13.) And I won't have the same kind of personality; I'm not really that brave... And I don't have much gothic music (I'm not goth though, I just likes goth music). And Kiba Hyuuga has a character, too - Kanshisha (It's him but with a Japanese name that means the same as him real name). There's his OC, Kaze, too. =^_^=
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"So, when are you going to ask the Hokage?" Mikoto asked.
"Uh... I don't know." Naruto replied.
"Hm... Why not today? You could get it over and done with, so you won't have to at a later date."
"I see your logic. I will. I'm gonna go now."
"I'm going with you."
"How?" Naruto asked with confusion on his face.
"How do you think I wasn't seen when other people broke in?"
"Other people broke in?"
"Why do you think the back window was broken?"
"Ah."
"Need a clue?"
"Uh.... Yeah."
Mikoto sighed, turning herself invisible. "Hint enough?"
"Oh..."
"Let's go. I can make others invisible, too, so you won't be seen sneaking out. I'll make it so only you can see me, though."
"That helps."
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At the Hokage Tower, Mikoto and Naruto entered the Hokage's office.
"Naruto, tanjobi omedeto! What brings you here today?" Tsunade asked, smiling happily.
"I'd like to ask you something, Baa-chan."
"What is it?"
"I'd like to hold a Hallowe'en party."
"You know you don't have to ask, Naruto."
"No, it's the location I need your permission for."
"Where's would it be held?" she asked suspiciously.
Naruto took a deep breath. "The old Yoru clan Mansion."
"Is that so?"
"Mm hm."
"You've heard about that house, I take it?"
"Yes, I have," Naruto paused. "Mikoto, you can show yourself." Tsunade looked shocked.
Mikoto moved a little closer to Naruto. "Why?" she whispered.
"Because, the Hokage hasn't had the pleasure of meeting you yet."
"Fine," Mikoto knelt down, revealing herself. "Hokage-sama, I am the spirit of Yoru Mikoto."
"So, the rumours are true."
"Yes, I'm afraid they are."
"So, Mikoto, you given Naruto your consent to hosting a Hallowe'en party at your mansion?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Well, Naruto, have a nice party."
"BANZAI!!"
"And Naruto, STOP CALLING ME THAT!!"
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"Naruto-san!!" someone called.
Naruto looked down the road. He couldn't see anyone. "Who was that?" he wondered aloud.
"Naruto-san." a girl said from right behind him.
Naruto spun on his heel. "Saisei-chan! You're back from your mission?"
"Yup. We got back about an hour ago. I've been looking for you, but no one knew where you were."
"Oh, gomen. I was at the Hokage Tower."
"You got in trouble again? What am I going to do with you?"
"No," Saisei looked shocked. "I was talking to the Hokage about a Hallowe'en party."
"Oh, really? Can I come?"
"Sure, if you're up for it."
"What do you mean 'If you're up for it'?"
"Well, it will be at the old Yoru clan Mansion." Naruto said maliciously.
"You bet I'm going to be there!"
"Great!"
"What time?"
"8:30 pm. Some of the braver people will be allowed to spend the night in the bedrooms."
"I'll be one of those people, don't you worry."
"Cool. So will I. Bring a change of clothes, OK?"
"Sure," Saisei said starting to walk away. "Oh, and Naruto, I'll be sure to bring all my Hallowe'en music."
"Gothic?"
"Damn straight! And also, tanjobi omedeto."
"I was beginning to think you'd forgotten!"
Saisei punched him arm playfully. "No way! I'm one of you're best friends, Naruto! Why would I, of all people, forget that today's your birthday?"
"Good point."
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Three weeks later, it was Hallowe'en.
"Mikoto-chan, you look almost... solid." Naruto said, slightly in shock.
"It's Hallowe'en."
"So?"
"This happens to all spirits."
"Why is that?"
"Today is the day that the veil dividing the human and spirit worlds is thinnest."
"Oh, OK."
"So who's coming?"
"Sai-chan, Kan, Kaze, Kiba, Hinata-chan, Neji, TenTen, Lee, Shikamaru, Ino, Chouji, and I don't know about Sakura-chan, Sasuke, Kaida, Jiro and Keiji."
"Perfect."
"You know what's great?"
"What's that?"
"We didn't have to put up any decorations!"
"Great, huh? It's lucky no-one's lived here for a while."
"Sure is," The two heard a knock at the front door. "Hide!"
"Like I need to." Mikoto said, turning invisible. Naruto went to the door.
"Naruto-san!" Saisei said when he opened it.
"Hey, glad you made it."
"Whoa..." Kaze exclaimed as they came in.
"This place looks great!" Kanshisha said looking around.
"And I didn't even have to put any decorations up!" Naruto said quite proudly.
"Hey, Naruto-san, do you know if we're going to see her?" Saisei asked, sounding quite hopeful.
"I'm not sure."
"Aw, kuso."
"Well, you might, if you're lucky."
"Well, she's lucky at training, when she does target practice." Kanshisha added, still looking around the hall.
"HEY! NO I'M NOT! I JUST HAVE GREAT AIM!!" she shouted back.
"So, where are we sleeping?" Kaze asked, trying to ignore Kanshisha and Saisei.
"I'll show you." Naruto turned to look at the other two. "Hey, Sai-chan, Kan, wanna know where you'll be sleeping?"
"Hai." they said in unison.
"Then you may want to pay attention."
"Heheh... Good idea." Saisei replied. The four of them went upstairs, and down a hall. They stopped at a door.
"Sai-chan, would you mind sleeping here?"
"That's no problem, but, why would you ask me that?"
"Um... This was Mikoto's bedroom."
"AWESOME!!"
"You don't mind?"
"O'Course not. I'm not scared of no ghosts!"
Oh really? Naruto thought. They went in. Mikoto was in there, but only Naruto knew. "Well, I hope you like your new room."
"I love it."
"But, it's pink!" Kaze exclaimed. "You hate pink!"
"I know, but not if it's the room of a dead girl. And, besides, I don't really mind baby pink."
"OK, Kaze, you'll be sleeping here." Naruto said as they moved to the next room.
"Who's room was this?" Kaze asked as he opened the door.
"Hiroshi's room."
"Who?" the other three said in unison.
"Mikoto's brother. He passed away a few years later."
"Do you know how?" Kan asked. He seemed pretty interested.
"Um... I think it was a disease. Maybe polio, or the flu."
"Ah. Seems logical enough." He was pretty smart, ya know.
"And, you'll be here, Kan." Naruto said as he showed him the next room.
"Who's room was this?"
"Uh... Mikoto's cousin's room. His name was Keiji. Of the three of them, he lived the longest, out living Mikoto by 10 ten years, and Hiroshi by 7. They were all the same age, too. Hiroshi and Mikoto were twins, and her mother's sister and brother-in-law had Hiroshi the same year, but a few months earlier."
"Wow." Another knock was heard at the door. Naruto went down to greet the other guests.
"Hey, guys!" he exclaimed as he saw Sakura and Sasuke.
"Hi, Naruto."
"Hn."
"Come in." he said gesturing to the main hall. As the two newcomers came in, they stared in awe. Mikoto came out onto the balcony of the staircase, still invisible, and stood with her hands on the rail. As she flashed from invisibility to visibility, then back again, Sakura screamed.
Saisei, Kan and Kaze ran out there, wondering what happened.
"What's going on?!" she yelled.
"No... I just... It was just my imagination."
"Why, what was it?" By this time, she was already halfway down the stairs.
"I thought I saw something, that's all."
"Oh, OK. I was hoping you'd seen the ghost so I could take a picture, but, obviously not."
"You're not scared of her?"
"No way! Like I said earlier, I'm not scared of no ghosts!"
"You must be brave."
"Damn straight." A third set of knocks.
"Hey, everyone! Come in!" Hinata, Kiba, Lee, Neji and TenTen had all arrived. Now they were just waiting on Team 10, who arrived minutes later with Keiji, Kaida and Jiro.
"OK," Naruto said, trying to get everyones' attention. "Now, who here is going to be spending the night?" Ino, Shikamaru, Chouji, Keiji, Kaida, Jiro, Sasuke, Saisei, Kaze, Kanshisha, TenTen and Lee all raised their hands.
"Tell them where they're sleeping!" Saisei shouted.
"OK, those of you that don't have a room to sleep in, follow me." Everyone that raised their hands, excluding Kan, Kaze and Saisei followed Naruto up the stairs.
"So, S-Saisei, which room did you get?" Hinata asked.
"Mikoto's room."
"You d-did?"
"Yup!"
"You actually w-want to sleep there?"
"For the third time: I'M NOT SCARED OF GHOSTS!!"
Mikoto smirked. "Boo." she whispered in Saisei's ear.
"WHOA!!" Saisei shouted. "What the sheep was that?!"
"What was what?" Neji asked.
"I thought I heard something."
"I didn't hear anything," Kan replied. "Probably just your imagination or something like that.
"Yeah, but you're not psychic!"
"But I'm better at ninjutsu than you are."
"What's your point?" Kan simply shugged his shoulders. "You're wierd."
"You never want me to change. Admit it."
"Was that your point, Kan? If it was, then it was pointless." Kaze stated, making everyone feel a little confused.
"A p-point with n-no point? That makes n-no sense, Kaze-san." Hinata pointed out. (Qiang: Am I saying point too much?)
"Don't worry, Hinata, he never does." Saisei replied, walking around the hall, looking at the paintings on wall. (Qiang: lol That rhymed!)
Naruto and everyone else came back downstairs. All of a sudden, the lights went off. The chandelier lit itself - It was 8:30.
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A couple of hours later, at 10:30 pm, the power was cut off. Naruto was the only one that knew why, but pretended not to. Everyone's attention turned to the staircase when a near-solid figure slowly, carefully, descended. The whole time, Mikoto's eye's had a look in them, like, as Naruto had said, silently told them that they'd angered her. Everyones' eyes, including Naruto's, were wide. Naruto's were wide only to make it believable. As she got to the last step, Mikoto disappeared. The only sounds heard were Hinata's small voice, "N-N-Nii-san... Was that.... Yoru Mikoto?" and then Neji's. "I don't know...." Sakura was far too stunned to scream again. And, ironically enough, (or not) Saisei was scared. After this, there were no more sightings by the party-goers until it was over.
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After Hinata, Neji and Sakura had all gone, and the party was over, everyone went to bed, and the mansion was silent. Or not. There was a scream. Everyone ran to Kaida's room, the source of the screaming.
"Kaida! Are you OK?" Keiji, her twin brother, asked as everyone piled in.
Kaida sat there trembling silently. "I saw... her again..." she mumbled. Mikoto was giggling inside. Her plan had gone well.
She let everyone see her again. She made herself look angrier than earlier, during the party. "YOU," she bellowed. She softened her expression by a great deal. "are all welcome to stay in my family's mansion."
Naruto couldn't hold in his laughter anymore. "Man... That was so hilarious!"
"What was? NEARLY SCARING ME TO DEATH?!" Kaida yelled. Her angry expression was worse than Mikoto's, and that's saying something.
"You idiot! You really scared her! And what's with the illusion?!" Keiji shouted.
"I'm not an illusion. I am really the spirit of Yoru Mikoto." she said. And with that, everyone exept Naruto fainted. They woke up minutes later. As they all got up, they were staring at Mikoto.
Saisei walked right up to her. "Wow... You're Yoru Mikoto! That's so cool! Wait... Were you the one that whispered in my ear?"
Mikoto nodded. "Yes. Sorry if I scared you, Saisei. But, well, it is Hallowe'en, after all."
"I see your logic. Just... never do that again."
"I won't. Don't worry." Mikoto giggled.
"Only on Hallowe'en."
"Agreed."
"So, you weren't angry at us all, or anything?" Ino asked.
"No. I welcome you all."
"And Naruto was in on it all." Shikamaru accused.
"That's right."
"Oh, man... Mendokusei..." he sighed.
"Hey... I just realized something."
"What?" Sasuke replied, feeling bored already.
"The two Hyuuga aren't here. Did they go home?"
"You didn't notice until now?" Naruto asked.
"No, I was wandering the corridors like I do every night."
"Oh. Yeah, they did. How do you know they were Hyuuga?"
"The Hyuuga clan is very long lasting. My best friend was a Hyuuga."
"What was their name?" Kiba asked.
"Her name? Hyuuga Nishi."
"Huh... That sounds a lot like Neji."
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At the Hyuuga compound-
"A-CHOO!" Neji sneezed just as the two Hyuuga entered the front door.
"Excuse you." Hinata said, handing him a tissue.
"Thank you, Hinata-sama."
"I wonder who was talking about you?"
Neji just shrugged.
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Back at the Yoru mansion-
"Yes, it does."
"Was she the heir?"
"No. She was of the branch family. I've tracked her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and so-forth. Hyuuga Neji is Hyuuga Nishi's direct descendant."
"Whoa..." everyony said in complete unison.
"Do you know how far down the family tree he is?" Naruto asked.
"Yes. Great, great, great, great, great-grandchild."
"That's five greats!"
"Hey, it's mignight." Kiba said, looking at the clock on the mantle.
"The chandelier will be off by now. I'll take you all back to your rooms." Mikoto said. Everyone was quite happy to oblige. She took them all to their rooms, one by one, and only Saisei was left.
"G'night, Kaida." Saisei said.
"Night, Saisei."
"Let's go." Mikoto said.
"Deal."
As the two got to Mikoto/Saisei's room, Mikoto opened the door softly. "Now, Saisei, I hope you don't mind, but since this is my room, I'll be in here during the night."
"No, that's fine. It's only fair."
"Thank you."
"No, thank you for letting me stay in your room."
"You know, you're not as hyper as when you first got here."
"That's 'cause I'm tired." Saisei yawned. (Qiang: I really was tired writing that bit. It was nearly 2 am!)
"Ah. I see."
"You looked solid earlier, now, you look translucent. What's with that?"
"It was Hallowe'en, so I looked more solid, more human, than I do now."
"What?"
"Hallowe'en is the day that the veil dividing the spirit and human worlds is thinnest, so I look more human."
"Oh, I get ya."
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Qiang: Well, I hope you enjoyed chapter 2 of Konoha's 150 Year Old Ghost! It's my longest chapter! Over 3000 words!
Kanshisha: Yeah! I know I did! I WAS IN IT! Woohoo!
Mikoto: *Giggles* I'm just glad Qiang-chan's mind wasn't too disturbing this time.
Kaze:Yeah. *Yawns* I'm going to sleep.
Naruto: Good idea, Kaze. *Goes to bed*
Qiang: Night, Naruto!
Naruto: *Distant* Oyasumi! *Falls asleep, then starts snoring*
Qiang: In case you're wondering, "Oyasumi" is the short version of "Oyasumi nasai" which means goodnight.
Neji: Kiba, you made me sneeze.
Kiba: Heheh... Gomen.
All: *Collapse from tiredness*
Qiang: *Sleep-talking* Have a good night, afternoon, morning or whenever you're reading this... Ja mata...