Chapter Three; The Haunted House
Sorry for not updating for a while. I've been fighting with a lot of congestion issues. Anyway, sorry for the delay and here's the next chapter!
"Wow, I can't believe that you made a bet with Uncle Sasuke that you wouldn't get scared and chicken out of the haunted house when you get scared just watching movies about it." Sasame said.
"I do not!" Naruto cried indignantly while folding his arms grumpily.
"I'm sorry, but I have to side with Sasame on this one." Sasuke said with a rather sly grin.
"Come on guys, could you just please finish telling the story?" Sasame inquired.
"Well, we might as well humor her." Naruto said as Sasuke continued grinning at him.
"Oh trust me, we will." He told him. "So anyway, after supper Sakura and started heading back down to the parking lot together." He said.
Flashback
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"You know Sasuke, I'm not sure that this is a really good idea." Sakura told him as he pressed the unlock button on his keychain. "I mean, Naruto isn't exactly the bravest ninja around. He pretends he is but we already know how scared he got when he ran into you the other day at the drugstore. And you weren't even trying to scare him or anything." She told him.
"I know." Sasuke began with a grin. "And that's exactly why it's going to be so easy." He told her.
"Oh come on Sasuke, are you really that cruel?" she questioned him.
"I have to be. He is my little brother after all. And Itachi would have done the same thing to me back when I was younger." He told her as they both pulled open their doors and ducked their heads before climbing inside the car. Then they slammed their doors behind them and fastened their seatbelts. After that, Sasuke turned on the engine and pulled out of the parking lot.
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Naruto gulped while he waited and watched out the window for his friends to arrive. "Maybe I can just tell them that I'm sick. Yeah, that's right, I'll fake it." He said unaware that his wife was standing right behind him.
"Call me crazy, but why don't you just tell them the truth? They are your best friends after all. They should understand." She told him.
"What!?" he cried out of complete and utter astonishment and bewilderment. "Hinata, you know I love you so please don't take any offense to this, but are you insane!?" he hollered. "Sasuke and I already made a bet, and if I back out of it now they'll think that I'm a chicken!" she cried.
"I think that they would just appreciate the fact that you're being honest with them." Hinata told him.
"Yeah right, obviously you don't know all things that you believe that you do about Sasuke Uchiha." He told her when all of a sudden Sasuke's car pulled into the driveway. "I mean I personally believe that he personally believes that it's his sole purpose to make my life miserable and into a living hell." He said before a few minutes later Sasuke knocked on the door and rang the doorbell. "Well, there he is now. Better wish me luck and hopefully the next time you see me it won't be inside a cardboard box." He said before he walked over to the door.
"Hey Naruto, are you ready to go?" Sasuke questioned him with a grin.
"Oh yeah, I was basically born ready! I just hope that you don't get too freaked out." Naruto told him.
"Hn." Sasuke began. "I see, well if that's the case then why are you shaking?" he questioned him with a grin.
"Oh I'm just trembling with joy and excitement." Naruto said before he suddenly felt himself going red in the face and gulped nervously.
"You do realize that you're lying right through your teeth right?" Sasuke questioned him.
"Yeah, I was just hoping that you wouldn't notice that." Naruto admitted with another gulp.
"Well come on, Sakura's already waiting in the car." Sasuke told him.
"Well,.. alright. Right behind you buddy." Naruto told him before he reluctantly stepped out the door and then shut it tightly behind him.
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Sasuke pulled into the parking lot, put on the brakes and then parked his car. After that he turned off the engine and then turned his head to look over his shoulder back at Naruto and grinned. "Well, this is it. We're here." He told him before removing his keys from the ignition and taking his foot off the brake. "Last chance to walk away." He told him.
"Hell no! I've already told you a million billion times before! I never run away and I never back down! That is my nindo, my ninja way!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Oh well, it's your funeral. Come on Sakura, let's go." Sasuke told her before all three of them climbed out of the car and slammed their doors behind them. After that Sasuke pushed the lock button and they started walking across the parking lot and towards the entrance of the building together.
"You know, maybe I'll just go ahead and wait in the car." Sakura said pointing her thumb backward over her shoulder before quickly turning away but Sasuke just simply grabbed ahold of her and turned her back towards him.
"Don't worry, there's nothing to be scared of, I'll protect you." He told her.
"Yeah, but who's going to protect me!?" Naruto cried before Sasuke turned his head and glanced back at him.
"Sorry Naruto, but you're on your own. That was the deal." He told him before he grabbed ahold of the door and held it open for them. As soon as they got inside the lights turned off and everything went pitch black. Then there was a loud and low-pitched evil and malicious laugh.
"Yow!" Naruto shrieked before a ghostly noise was heard and Naruto screamed again.
"C'mon Naruto, I knew that this was going to be easy but I didn't know that it was going to be this easy." Sasuke told him. "You haven't even lasted two whole minutes yet." He said.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. You'll see, I'm a survivor!" he exclaimed excitedly. "This is a story that were going to be talking about for years, believe it!" he cried before he rounded the corner and screamed again.
"Oh believe me, I do." Sasuke assured him with a grin.