So you all know, and not to offend anyone who does this kind-a job but….I HATE clowns ever sense I fell down the steeps of my old basement. I swear I saw a blood thirsty clown coming after me, that was I was about 5 or 6 or a little older not sure though. So now I wont go near people in a clown costume, and Ronald McDonald (SP) just freaken freaks me out!

Been a while hasn't it….On with the story!

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Who Knew? Ch.20 you know….I'm afraid of clowns!

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It had been about a week sense we where at the store and now it was quite boring. Everyone had left the house to go up town and search around and my parents were at work also Cassie had left to go back to KY early, she had said that her parents were just about done with building their new house and wanted her there before they moved in.

Of course Gaara had said he would stay with me while the others went on without us but I would have none of that and so I said to him like I do everyone else, "Go, you need some time without me hanging on your arm every few seconds." So he left with everyone else. Then when the door was closed and I had seated myself in front of the T.V. with me sitting on the floor. I realized something….there was NOTHING to do.

I groaned and fell to my back on the rug dramatically. Looking at the white creased ceiling. My eyes followed the white creased until my eyes made the journey over the cowboy shaped doors, you know, like the ones in all those old cowboy movies.

The light oak doors seemed to give off an eerie glow and everything was quiet in the house with only, my dog, Sav vie looking at me with a bored face as she lay on her fluffy brown pillow.

I picked myself off the floor and whipped the pieces of lent off my black band shorts from laying on the floor and made my way over to the seemingly harmless doors.

Most of the time I avoided even going close to these doors in the house unless we where out of paper plates or I wanted some of my cup of ramen but even then it was not down in the basement, they were on the landing facing over the basement, I just avoided looking down into it's inky black depths.

I don't even know why I was even near these doors, I Must have been so bored that I was being suicidal.

Ok I'll explain it to ya….I'm afraid of clowns.

I know funny right? Anyways I know that does not make any sense that I'm scared of clowns but what does that have to do with the basement?

Well when I was little I tripped down the stairs to the basement and when I looked around the dark dank world I hardly went down into I swear I saw a blood thirsty clown with read eyes and drool dripping out of his mouth with wild reddish orange curly puffy hair.

It scared the shit out of me that I had ran screaming upstairs. My parents said it wasn't real, but for all I know he could be, look at my luck with Naruto characters! Their real so he could be to.

My face scrunched up in fear, I don't think I would be to scared if someone was in the house with me, but the dog does not count!

My foot slipped and I fell down the first flight of stairs and right smack into the small table on the landing which hurt badly and made a huge noise. I moved my head to look over into the basement and into red eyes!

"AHHHHHH!!!!" I flew up the stairs and ignored the pain coursing up and down my back and flew behind the leather brownish purple couch. We had gotten a new one not to long ago along with two armchairs.

"N-now I kind of wish that Gaara WOULD of stayed behind now!!"

My voice echoed though out the house in a haunting type of way. I heard a little squeak and then another and another!

'It has to be the clown! It's calling me out so it can EAT ME!!!!' Now you would think that at my age, now 15 and going onto 16 in December, that I would have gotten over my fear of the basement and CLOWNS, but as I grew it only became worse….

I looked over the couch quickly and took a glance at the basement door only to quickly place myself into a ball and crouch down even more.

I moved my left foot only for music to start playing.

'OH NO! HE'S NOW TRYING TO SNEAK UP ON ME WITHOUT ME HEARING HIM DO IT WITH MUSIC!!!!'

We return to the battleground…

We are the…SHINHWA

My blue eyes widened, it was one of my favorite songs 'Yo!' by Ahkdong Bohgohsuh, a Korean group I think.

'Oh well if the clown is gonna eat me then I guess I would want this song on.' My thoughts tried to stray to the music but always stayed focused on the stupid clown.

Geu dae suh ee sseul goh shi ah ni yah

Sah rah suh soon shwi guh seul neu kkyuh bwah~ ----

Suddenly the music stopped. Maybe the clown found out my plan of listening to the music just to forget he was there….crudders.

Stiffening I heard light breathing just over my head then something rested on my head and I screamed and quickly ran from behind the couch.

"Would you stop screaming please!" I kept screaming and just stood by the bird cage beside the couch. When I finally ran out of air I stopped and slowly opened my eyes to see the image of….Kakashi?

"W-what are you doing here!?" My throat hurt so I talked softly but shock shown through my voice.

"Well I decided to stay behind on last notice. I also had to hold Gaara back from coming back in here so he could have a little time with the others." His one eye scrunched into what might have been a smile.

Feeling better I sighed happily and smiled big and started to laugh nervously.

"What's wrong Lauren?"

"How did the music come on?"

"Well seeing as I AM a ninja and when I looked to were you were huddled up there was a plug in the outlet and….when moved your foot you turned the power onto the extension cord." Man Kakashi was smart! Well at least I knew it was me. I cursed myself, if I hadn't moved I wouldn't of had that small bust of a panic attack.

"By the way, why were you hiding behind the couch?" Humor showed through his one eye and his voice was filled with mirth. Embarrassed I turned my eyes away from him to rest them onto the living room floor.

" Hehe…well you know I'm afraid of clowns…." Kakashi laughed a little but my serious face made him stop and rub the back of his head meekly.

"Does this have anything to do with what's wrong?" I sighed and shook my head yes.

Proceeding to tell the story (AN://See the top of the fanfic to know the story in the authors note!) about the clown in the basement and him understanding, I guessed he did but I wasn't so sure.

"Well there's something….well I got to report this to the guys!" My face paled as he quickly in a blur raced out the back door.

"W-wait! Kakashi you can't do that to me!"

I raced out the door and onto the sidewalk to run after the fast ninja. I couldn't see him anymore but I would try to find him but with my luck and with him being FASTER then me then he would most likely get to the guys before I ever could.

Falling to my knees dramatically I looked up into the blue sky and screamed at the top of my lungs, even though it hurt to but I felt like it which got a lot of people stopping to stair at me for I don't do this stiff usually…

"KAKASHI I'LL GET YOUR BUTT BACK FOR THIS JUST YOU WAIT!!!!!"

I had to admit though now that I was out of the house I felt a lot batter then I had before but I was not about to thank Kakashi for that, nope because in this moment in time I hoped that when the next time I saw him I would be able to hold him down and skin him alive with a blunt knife dipped in lemon juice and sprinkled in salt.

An evil smile was brought to my face as I thought of this. Oh yah fun was about to ensue!

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AN://

I just wanted to say I'm sorry for some crappy chapters and that they are never long but I think this one is long, I typed over five pages on the word document I'm using which is a lot for me!

I've not been updating because of family problems, school,….band marching practices which are done until we start again in the summer of 09 on through October, homework, other stuff I've wanted to do, reading other fanfics, watching anime, reading books, friends, internet, and many other things I have not listed and will not because there are to many.

I hope you all will try to stay with me, sorry!

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- Star Of Ages 14