Chapter 1: Make the choice

It was the Friday before Halloween and the students of konoha high couldn't wait for the final bell, signalling their freedom and the start of what would be an awesome weekend, as they discussed plans for parties, who would have the best costumes and ideas for tricks.

Although not everyone was excited, like a certain blond, who as they gazed at the clock seemed to be in a world of their own, before the sound of their name snapped them back to reality.

"Hay, Naruto!" Blue eyes blinked before turning towards the voice of his best friend, Kiba as he came over and took a seat next to him.

"What's up dog breath?"

"Shut up fox face! Anyway, you in for tomorrow tonight?" Seeing the blank look on Naruto's face Kiba rolled his eyes before going on to explain his genius idea. "Well basically, you know the old Uchiha place, at the end of town?"

"Yeah, so... What about it?"

"Well, me, Shino, Hinata, Neji and Sai are all going to spend Halloween night there, to see if its haunted or not. So like I said, you in?"

Naruto sighed. "Let me get this straight… you want me, to waste my free time, playing Scooby doo in an old house with you, looking for ghosts. What are you 5?"

"HAY! First of all, no I am not 5, besides you're the youngest in the class. Second, ghosts are real! And by looking at that house, how could it not be full of them."

Naruto crossed his arms as he looked at his friend. "Oh please, you know I don't believe in that rubbish. Give me one good reason why I should go."

Kiba looked around the room as he tried to think of something, before a splodge of pink was noticed out the corner of his eye. Bingo. Grinning he turned back to Naruto.

"You want a reason. Fine, Sakura Haruno." If possible his grin got even bigger as he noticed how the blond seemed to freeze.

Naruto turned towards Sakura. She was pale with long pink hair and green eyes, she had a slim figure and was kind of flat chested, but Naruto didn't care. He had been crushing on her ever since he met her, but nothing he did seemed to win her affections. Unless you can count getting hit over the head a lot, but that didn't really say 'I love you' did it?

"W-what about her?"

"Well think about it, if you manage to stay at the Uchiha's the whole time; she'll think your supper brave since no one else would ever go there. Then she would definitely go for you bro."

Sparing one more glace at the pink haired girl, Naruto looked towards the floor as one hand rubbed the back of his head. It was something he did when he was nervous or unsure. Seeing this, Kiba went for the one thing he knew would work.

"Don't tell me the so-called 'great Naruto Uzumaki' is a coward?! Oh well, I guess I can find someone else." With that Kiba started to walk off, smiling to himself he counted down in his head '3….2….1…' before turning back to his victim- I mean friend.

He was met to the sight of Naruto standing up, pointing at him as he shouted loud enough for the whole class to hear.

"I am no coward, and to prove it, I, Naruto Uzumaki will go with you to stay at the Uchiha house" Crossing his arms over his chest, Naruto looked pretty pleased with him self.

Until looking around he realised the room had gone silent, as he looked at the wide eyed faces of the class. Slowly, his teacher, Iruka sensei, walked over to them, his eyes shining with worry, fear and…sadness?

"You two are just kidding right? The pair of you knows not to go there?"

Kiba frowned "There's a few of us going, why? What's the big deal it's just an abandoned house right?"

Iruka was shocked. They really didn't know? He looked between the boys to see if they was just playing, but could only see genuine confusion. His face turned serious as he explained to them-

"You should stay far, far away from that house. It was bad enough the first time but then…..The Uchiha family who owned the house, bar one, had all been murdered, and, and cut up, destroyed. The only one, who had survived that fate, hung them selves. No one ever found out who it was, or why this happened. It could have been the who was hung, but we can't know for sure."

Kiba, who looked a little pale, tried to laugh it off, "H-ha ha is that I-it. Some s-story huh."

Iruka just shook his head. "This isn't just some make believe story, this is the truth. It also wasn't the only time. On two other occasions, a group of people have gone into the house, one of them would never come out, the rest…. were all badly injured and a few days later they all died. Since then, it has been claimed cursed. Please just promises me you will stay away, I already lost someone special to that house, I don't want to lose my students." He looked around the room. "This goes to all of you, keep away and never, never go into that house."

The bell then rang, everyone slowly made their way out thinking about what their sensei had said.

Kiba looking a little less confident than before turned to Naruto.

"So, are we still going?"

Naruto looked at his friend, hadn't he just heard what Iruka told them. "And what about what we were told?"

Kiba grinned. "Come on that was just to scare us, besides I thought you didn't believe in that stuff?"

"I don't, anyway I already said I would, who cares what someone else thinks right? When has someone telling us not too stopped us before, eh dog breath?"

"That's the spirit. So, meet the rest of us outside the house tomorrow night at 9.00?"

"Yeah, see ya thent."

Back in the class room, Iruka watched from the window as the boys left, before taking a picture out of his pocket, it was of a younger version of him, with another who had sliver hair, a mask and had his arms wrapped around his waste. "They should have listened…..now who knows what will happen to them….Its happening all over again, just like with you…"