Even I'm surprised how fast I came up with this chapter! Yay! This seriously breaks my record on chapters since whenever I write a story I can never keep on it long before some other anime sparks my interest and I get involved with that and completely forget about the other story so in the end I don't get more than 3 chaps maybe. So ya, having 9 chapters up now is a record for me. :]

My goal with this story is to get more than 20,000 words so I'm trying to put more in each chap so yay for you cause you get to read more! But groan for me that I have to type more. Plus it's getting harder to come up with new ideas for each chap. :|

Back to Chapter 9,

I really hope you enjoy it!


Date: 10/28/?. Current time: 3:00 am.

'Knock, Knock'...

...'Knock! Knock!'...

Shana was awakened by the sound of knocking on her door. Getting up she looked over at the clock to see it say in bold glowing green numbers, 3:00 AM, growling under her breath she walked out the door of her bedroom and to the front door of her apartment. Whoever is knocking will regret it.

Opening the door it revealed Alice on the other side with a button up, yellow, black and white, plaid shirt with a pair of worn out jeans and black sneakers.

Alice's POV

After knock after knock Shana finally opened the door, and she looked pissed and tired at the same time.

"Ohayou Shana-chan~!" I greeted her with the best happy smile I could muster this early in the morning. She didn't say anything, but rather made a threatening sound. Noticing her mood my happy smile turned apologetic when I asked, "Did I come at a bad time?"

What I said seemed to make her a lot more mad. And no I didn't mistake her for being even more tired.

'Cause as soon as the words were out of my mouth she hit me smack in the face with a thick book that she got who-knows-where-and-when and it hurt like heck!

"Ow!" I rubbed my nose then looked over at her. "Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed"

"Alice.." she finally said something after a minute of silence. But I prefer the silence over that sickly sweet tone she's using. "What do you want?"

"Eto...I just wanted to see if you wanted to come along with me to get some stuff.." I kept myself prepared for another attack while I said that.

"And what kind of stuff?"

"You'kno..." I began slowly and looked at her. She stayed quiet which told me she was listening for the rest.

"To get Halloween costumes" I finished so quick that I didn't even know if words were formed. 3...2...1...

"IT IS 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND YOU WANT ME TO GO WITH YOU TO BUY HALLOWEEN COSTUMES?" I seriously don't think she could have yelled that any louder. Luckily I covered my ears in time or else I wouldn't hear another thing for as long as I live.

Looking back up at her, I regret it. I swear there were flames in her eyes and steam coming out of her ears. Overall I'd say she looked like she wanted to kill someone.

And that someone was me.

I didn't have time to count my blessing before I heard a loud sound. Kinda like a 'SMACK!','SLAM!', 'THUD!' all in one.

'Goodbye world' was my last thought then...

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Huh?

After about 10 minutes I slowly opened my eyes and was met with the gray colored cement walkway outside of Shana's apartment. I quickly stood up -since I was crouching- and checked my whole body for cuts, bullet holes or holes in general. I rubbed my neck and tilted my head around to see if she somehow cut it off without killing me.

Nope still attached to the rest of my body. Then what was that sound?

I looked around and almost laughed when I saw that the thing that made that sound was actually the flame haze slamming her door shut. Really hard too.

Feeling relieved that it was the door and not me, I quickly scattered from her doorstep. Heck I just got out of a near death situation there, I aint sticking around to question why she didn't murder me then and there.


Normal POV with Shana

After slamming the door shut the flame haze stomped her way back up to the bedroom muttering death threats all the way. Getting in bed and going to sleep she had nothing but pleasant dreams. Actually 7 dreams...and each one is a different scenario of her K.O - ing Alice.

Walmart...

Alice met up with Ogata at the store and they started walking toward the costumes.

"I'm glad you came with me Ogata. Now we won't have to get the crappy costumes since they should be stocking the better ones up in an hour" Alice said to the girl next to her with a big happy smile.

"Came with you? You blackmailed me into it!" Ogata glared hard at her, but Alice seemed oblivious to it.

After a couple minutes of back to back bickering that ensued between them, they decided to stay silent until the employees stocked up.

Hour later...

The two girls browsed through the racks looking for that perfect costume they would wear. It's not like they were going trick-or-treating, no, Tanaka and Satou are going to throw a halloween party and it's rule that you have to wear a costume so here they are.

Going through almost all the racks the employees put out Alice and Ogata finally found some costumes. By 'some' meaning, Alice's, Ogata's, and -unknowing to her- Shana's.

Alice dropped Ogata off at her own house and then the fox girl went back to her apartment.

"I'm home" She whispered going through the apt front door.

"Welcome back" Instantly she looked over in the direction of the voice to see Kukaii sitting on the couch with a controller in his hands playing some game on the T.V.

Alice walked over and set the bag down on the coffee table and plopped down next to him. "Why are you awake?"

"You weren't very quiet this morning you know" He spat at her. "I couldn't get back to sleep so I've been playing this game since then"

"Aw you poor thing, Gomen" Her voice was softer than usual showing she meant what she said, and Alice gave him a quick peck on the cheek.

Having just now noticed the bag he asked, "What did you buy?"

"My Halloween costume"

"Really?" He glanced over at her. "Good for you"

She pouted slightly since he didn't even ask her to try it on and show it to him. Alice gave him a minute or two to ask but he didn't instead he continued playing the stupid game.

"Hai, Hai. I'll try it on so stop begging me" She gave him a slight shove on the shoulder before grabbing the bag and taking off to the bedroom. He playfully rolled his eyes before turning his attention back on the game.

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"Are you done yet?" Kukaii called out from the living room having already waited 10 minutes for Alice to come out.

Right after the words came out of his mouth he heard the familiar click of the bedroom door.

"So? What do you think?" Alice asked clearly excited about her costume as she stepped out of the bedroom. He looked over at her.

She picked out an Alice in Wonderland themed costume except instead of it being 'Alice' like you would expect, it was the Queen of Hearts. Because it would take too long and too much work to explain how it looks, here is a link from Google: .com/imgres?imgurl=/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/68910_&imgrefurl=/sexy-alice-in-wonderland-costume/&usg=_ygrOM_BWZiXbVrvoI49fAvwqbpA=&h=1200&w=1200&sz=71&hl=en&start=4&zoom=1&tbnid=cdr1VPiSScI03M:&tbnh=150&tbnw=150&ei=l7OkTejkCZLrgQfO6anACA&prev=/search%3Fq%3DAlice%2Bin%2BWonderland%2BQueen%2Bof%2BHearts%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D966%26bih%3D461%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch0%2C2600&itbs=1&biw=966&bih=461 . Except with Alice, the little hat doesn't have the feathers.

"You don't like it?" She asked her voice full of disappointment. Kukaii got up and went over to her and looked the costume up and down completely speechless.

"Wow.." He said finding his voice again. "It looks good on you"

"You really think so?" Alice asked with an overjoyed voice and she had stars in her eyes.

He nodded and gave her a kiss on the lips which she happily returned.


The next day...

Alice was in a good mood as she hummed down the street with a bag in her hands. She took different turns and eventually wound up in front of a nice looking apartment complex.

Walking up the stairs to the 3rd floor she stopped at one door in particular with the numbers 78 on it. She checked her watch which read 10:23 am on it before knocking hard on the green door. The girl continued to hum until the door opened.

"Ohayou Shana-chan~!" Alice happily greeted the flame haze in the doorway. "I have something for you"

The fox girl happily skipped into the living room without a 'Come on in' from Shana who slowly closed the door and joined her.

"I bought you something so come here" Alice patted the seat next to her on the sofa.

"You shouldn't have" Shana said a little happy for the sudden present right after she sat down and turned toward Alice.

Rummaging through the bag the fox girl glanced up toward her before pulling out what was in the bag. "Ta-da! A Halloween Costume"

Shana eyed the costume. "No. Really you shouldn't have"

"Oh come on!" Alice playfully rolled her eyes before pulling the flame haze off the couch and put the piece of clothing in her hands before pushing her toward the hallway. "Try it on!"

"Hey! Wai-" Shana couldn't finish as she was pushed into the bathroom and Alice closed the door behind her. Sighing she looked back at the costume. 'It is kinda cute' she thought before she started to change.

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"Done?" Alice called over to Shana through the door. She heard muffled sounds before the door opened and the flame haze came out with the costume on.

The fox girl thought the costume was very fitting.

So the costume that Shana was wearing was?

Little Red Riding Hood.

Just like this one: .com/imgres?imgurl=.com/csc_&imgrefurl=.com/girls%&usg=_DRp2yvSuzlKMyolTPnCxEXX1D2c=&h=432&w=343&sz=12&hl=en&start=11&zoom=1&tbnid=Hqqe2jcyfUnLCM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=100&ei=Tr2kTbMBycqBB6fv7LQI&prev=/search%3Fq%3DLittle%2BRed%2BRiding%2BHood%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D966%26bih%3D461%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch0%2C1354&itbs=1&biw=966&bih=461

"SO KAWAIIIII!" Alice squealed in delight with how cute the costume looked on the flame haze.

After looking at herself in the mirror and twirling around a couple of time, Shana went back into the bathroom to change back into her regular clothes.

The two girls talked awhile before Alice left.


Ogata: WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS DRAGGING ME INTO THIS?

Me: *Eating grapes*

Ogata: ANSWER ME!

Me: Uh...Grape? *Hold up the small round purple fruit to her*

Anyways I hope all you readers like this chapter!

Sorry Misao. I know you said in one of your reviews that you wanted to see more romance between Shana and Yuji and trust me I AM WORKING on it in the upcoming chapters so PLEASE FORGIVE ME!

I am starting to get the feeling that this chapter was more like a rip-off of a One-Shot...and I can't help but think I'm making Shana a softy in some parts through-out all these chapters...

Anyway, Remember to leave a review because those are the things that keep me going! :)