Disclaimer: ... Is that Takaya-sensei with a... sledge hammer? CRAP! Hides

Me: It's the halloween special that I promised! Okay, so it's not very good...

Kyo: Damn straight! How dare you show them what happens to me every halloween!

Yuki: For once I agree with Kyo. You were sworn to secrecy on that incident.

Tohru: ... Weenies?

Me: Oooookay. Right. Yep. Hides

Halloween at the Sohma's

"It's halloooooooooooweeeeeeeeeeeen!" Shigure sang, bouncing into the room, swinging from around the door into the kitchen.

"WEENIES!" Tohru erupted, bouncing up and down in excitement from the supposed mention of her favourite finger snack. Shigure pouted in response.

"Nuuu, Halloween."

"That's not until next week, you stupid dog." Kyo shot. He'd just been woken up by Shigure's and – and what was rarer – Tohru's stupid screams. He proceeded over to the fridge, opened it, and grabbed his milk. Putting it to his mouth, he drank deeply, before looking at it quizzically. "Why… on earth does it taste like juice?"

Tohru, who had spent hours studying off foods at school so that she could skip computer classes, turned pale, and swiped the milk carton from Kyo's hand. Kyo looked quizzically at her, and was about to quiz her on her actions, but Tohru started some chant to "free the milk from Satan", then pronounced the milk alright to drink. Consequently, for Kyo, the milk didn't taste any different.

"Sooo, I was thinking that we could do something for Halloween." Shigure said, prodding Kyo, who was wrenching with stomach pains, in the back of the head.

"Really, Shigure, don't you think we're all too old to be celebrating Halloween?" Yuki asked, propping his chin on his hand in thought.

Shigure glared. "You're just upset because of what happened the last and /only/ time Akito let you celebrate Halloween."

--- FLASHBACK ---

"Yuki, you can go trick or treating this year." Akito said, glaring at the rat with a mysterious look in his eye.

Yuki grinned, looking hopefully at Akito. "REALLY? Akito-sama! I can?"

"You can." Akito said, taking out his ear plugs from Yuki's response. "I have a costume ready for you."

"Wow! Thanks Akito!"

Yuki shouldn't have gotten his hopes up. He should have known better than to trust Akito with his costume. Poor Yuki had gone trick or treating dressed up as a giant, fluro pink flower with cat ears, and fangs. It was one of the most humiliating day of his life when one of the older Sohma's died from a heart attack, showering him and the zodiac group with fallen candy. Her husband had slapped Yuki around the mouth, and of course Akito had videotaped the entire incident, and intended to play it at Yuki's 21st.

--- END FLASHBACK ---

"We don't talk about that." Yuki stated harshly, glaring at Shigure. Both Kyo – who hadn't been allowed to go trick or treating that year – and Tohru were confused, but put it behind them.

"I remember you used to go trick or treating, Kyo!" Shigure said, tilting his head. "Don't you remember?"

Kyo glared in response. As he did remember. So clearly.

--- ANOTHER FLASH BACK ---

"It's Halloween again, Kyo-kun!" Akito said, looking at the cats bracelet with amusement. "And I have your costume all ready."

Kyo, who was old enough to know what his costume was – it never changed – grabbed his bracelet wrist defiantly. Akito grinned. This just made the whole thing far more fun.

He walked forward. Grabbed the base of Kyo's hand, under where his other hand had clamped over the bracelet. He used his free hand to forcefully remove Kyo's hand from the bracelet as well as taking the black and white beads in the same movement.

Kyo, over taken with pain, hardly heard the head say: "Halloween is for Monsters. This is /your/ holiday, Kyo. Enjoy it."

He wasn't even concentrating when Akito walked out of the room and left him there. Kyo didn't leave the room for the entire night.

--- END FLASH BACK ---

"Did you have fun trick-or-treating, Tohru?" Kyo asked, hoping to get the subject off of him. "You know, when you were little?"

"I didn't trick or treat!" Tohru screamed, "That's for Satanists!"

Shigure, Yuki and Kyo sweat dropped, watching as Tohru sang out another chant to free them from 'their Satan'.

In the end, Shigure had planned a party, to which all the zodiac members showed up in costumes that represented their year – except for Hatori, who refused to dress up because he was "too old for fun". The group watched scary movies, that made Haru and Hatori's eyes roll, while Hiro predicted what was going to happen next and got it right. He was later thrown from the room, and Kisa followed promptly, trying to calm the quietly steaming ram down. Tohru, Momiji and Ritsu were petrified. Ritsu managed to apologise every time the serial killer killed its target. Yuki and Kyo argued over who would be the murderer out of the two of them. Ayame and Shigure disappeared into the rooms upstairs, and the occasional thump could be heard. Luckily the group was too used to that to worry. And lastly, Kagura, who wasn't the least bit scared, pretended to be and clung to Kyo whenever a scary bit, or a love scene happened.
Me: I'm not sure when I'll type up the next one. I have it on paper, yup yup!

Hatori: ... You'd better not upload that.

Momiji: Hatori, will you explain to me the workings of a womans body?

Hatori/Me: -Sweat drop-

Me: Well, that's it until next time!

(Yes, I tried a different style of introduction/conclusion. Change is good.)