Happy Halloween pplz and don't get plastered! Also, I sort of had a falling out with this story now. Don't worry though, I'll keep posting, though I doubt anyone is really reading it anymore.
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Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto, but I do own me!----------------
Ch.25: Halloween Hijinks
Megumi walked out of her room, the effects of sleep still just leaving her body as she looked up and yawned. "Hey, what're you guys doing?" she asked.
Sakura tacked another paper bat to the wall. "Getting ready for the party tonight."
Megumi blinked, she could practically see the question mark over her head. Maybe she was watching too much anime…
"What's the occasion?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes, sticking a cotton cobweb into a doorway. "Halloween, idiot."
Her eyes widened. "Shit!!!"
Neji sighed. "You forgot, didn't you?"
"That and we all still need costumes. Come on, Hoshi, we need to find everyone." She smiled to her dog. Wow, she had her own dog. Never thought she'd be able to say that.
Sakura looked around. "We're all here."
"Then where's Kakashi?"
Sasuke shrugged. "Something about the new Icha Icha video with a pull out poster."
"Ew."
Hoshi looked up. "Arf!" Translation: Yup.
"Oh, write down your costumes please!"
"Sure." they said, writing down their costumes.
"Arigatou! Oh, I have two surprises for you guys later. Tell me when Kakashi get here."
Sasuke shrugged his shoulder. "Hn."
In Megumi's room….
Megumi sat in her room, Hoshi struggling to get up. She laughed and helped her up. She walked around her bed and she moved over so she could see the list. "Okay, so Tenten is Cleopatra and Neji is Marc Antony. Sasuke is a pirate, Sakura's a nurse, Hinata is a fairy, Kiba is a peasant, Shino is a gunslinger, Naruto is a prince, and Kakashi isn't here. I'll think of something for him."
"Arf."
Megumi giggled. "Don't worry, I have something for you too." Hoshi wagged her tail.
"Tonight is going to rock!"
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The door opened and everyone looked up from their task.
"I'm back! and I have the new Icha Icha movie with pull out poster!"
"Kakashi, no one wants to hear your proclaim your pervertedness!" Sakura growled.
"Just because your part of the bet is over, doesn't mean you should corrupt us. Now help us set up!" Tenten yelled as she balanced herself on the ladder.
Kakashi blinked. "Huh? For what?"
Neji sighed frustratedly. "Did everyone forget?!"
"Forget what?!"
"It's Halloween." Tenten answered as she stepped down to survey her work.
"Where everyone dresses up!" Hinata smiled.
"And eats candy till they pass out!" Naruto grinned.
"Hn. That's just you."
"Shut up, teme!"
Kakashi shrugged. "Whatever. I'm going to my room to watch it."
"Watch what?" a voice asked.
Naruto blinked and looked upstairs. "Oh, hi Me- Who the fuck are you?!"
Megumi blinked. "Naruto, it's me."
"No, it's not! Megumi is 14! Who are you and what have you done with her?!"
"I am her!"
Naruto glared. "Prove it!"
Kiba looked down at his companion. "Akamaru, is it her?"
Akamaru walked up the stairs and sniffed. "Arf!"
Kiba nodded. "It's her."
Megumi crossed her arms. "Told you so."
Sasuke blinked. "What'd you do?"
"I turned myself sixteen. I thought it'd be nice if I was like you guys. You wouldn't have to worry about me if I'm the same age as you guys," she said spinning around. She hadn't changed much really. She just got taller, filled out more, and her hair grew out. "What do you think?"
"Nice, but is it permanent?" Tenten asked.
"Yeah."
Hinata looked up. "So are you gonna stay 16 forever?"
"No, I just caused myself to age two years. I'll continue my growth cycle normally," she explained.
"Screw that! Check out her costume!" Kiba shouted.
Shino looked her over. A long, spaghetti-strap red dress with a long slit up the side, red heels, makeup, black angel wings, and a silver dog tag. "What are you supposed to be?"
"Dark angel."
Sakura looked at her. "Why?"
Megumi shrugged. "I always liked the whole yin and yang, good vs. evil, sugar and spice thing and what better than a dark angel?"
Kakashi blinked. 'The dress only goes down to her knees. I wonder what's underneath that…wait. Minor. No. Bad thoughts. Save that for Icha Icha.'
Naruto stood by the girl and circled around her. "Check out your wings! They look so real."
"The black feathers were a nice touch," Sasuke commented.
"So is matching it with a red dress," Neji voiced. Who knew he had an eye for fashion?
"Thanks. Oh! Your costumes! They're upstairs! Hoshi!"
Hoshi came to the top of the stairs with the costumes. "Arf!"
Hinata smiled. "How cute, matching wings."
"Arf!" Hoshi barked, very pleased and started to move down the stairs when she slipped on a costume. "Yipe!"
"Hoshi!" Megumi flapped her wings and rushed up. "Gotcha!" she smiled. Hoshi barked and licked her cheek. "You're welcome," she said. Then she noticed the silence in the house and felt eyes staring at her. "What?"
Kakashi blinked. "They're real?"
Megumi blushed and nodded shyly. "Yeah. Too much?"
"That's awesome!!!!" Sakura yelled.
"Just don't hit a lamp or anything."
She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I'm just dumb enough to that, Sasuke. Next time you see me is with my body dangling from the ceiling."
Naruto looked up. "Really?"
Neji rolled his eyes. "Hn. It's called sarcasm. Something clearly lost on you."
Tenten saw the anger beginning to form around Naruto and laughed nervously. "Um…maybe we should get dressed?"
"Right. Can you poof up some bat wings for Akamaru?"
"Sure, Kiba. Get dressed in your rooms." she said handing out the costumes.
Kakashi watched everyone disappear in their rooms and looked back at the girl. "Well, see ya."
Megumi looked back, surprise in her eyes. "What about you?"
Kakashi looked up from his pullout poster, his giggle cut short. "Hm?"
"Your costume. Aren't you coming to the party?"
Kakashi shrugged and went back to his poster. "I don't think it'll be fun with me there."
Megumi stared at him. "Are you insane?! It'll be a blast with you!"
"…"
"I'll dance with you."
"…"
"Hug you?"
"…"
Megumi huffed. What could she say to get him to come? Seriously, what could you say to Kakashi? He already had the movie so she couldn't get him that, so…crud. It just had to come to that. She felt unease make itself known in her stomach. Frankly, she felt like throwing up and hiding in a hole. She knew she would hate herself for this, but…"I'll watch the Icha Icha movie with you."
Kakashi rushed into his room, put away the movie, ran back downstairs and grabbed the costume from her hands. "Be out in five minutes!" he smiled and ran into the bathroom.
"Hurry up, I want to spike the punch before they come down!" she said outside the bathroom.
"I would have never guessed that you could be such a vixen."
"There's a reason I'm not dressed as a saint. Are you done yet?" she asked.
"Do I really have to wear this?"
"It can't be that bad." she said rolling her eyes.
The door opened to reveal Kakashi in a white shirt, black cape, black vest, black pants, and black shoes. Surprisingly, he looked like he could be in the Victorian Era without a hitch. She snickered at the thought and he glared at the girl. "It's your fault for not being here, besides, the part of a vampire suits you. Now take them off."
"WHAT?!" he screamed.
"Get your mind out of the gutter. I meant the mask and the hitai-ate. It doesn't work with the costume, so take them off."
Kakashi stared at her. "No."
"Hey, I gave you a real saber with the costume! At least do this for me."
Kakashi looked up, an eyebrow raised. "What's in it for me?"
"The saber?"
Kakashi shook his head. "I was planning on keeping it anyway."
"What for?"
'For slicing off your clothes,' said a traitorous part of his mind.
"My own uses. What else?"
"Umm….what do you want?" She looked up and saw the upturned crease in his eye. Whatever he had planned for her, it was going to be bad.
"One French kiss."
She looked up and blushed. "What?!" He couldn't be serious. No way. No freakin' way.
Kakashi shrugged indifferently. "I'm letting everyone see my face and if you want to spike the punch, you might want to hurry with your decision."
"But everyone's seen it already! They didn't care!" she shouted.
"Your point?"
Megumi was speechless. He was really starting to bug her. Who did he think he was? Ugh, she could practically taste how bad she wanted to wipe that smile off his face, but that part of her brain was crying out to spike the punch. "Rrg. Fine."
He reached up to pull down his mask and she leaned against him and kissed him. He licked her lower lip and she opened for him, feeling his tongue glide against hers. She felt electricity shoot through her system and after a while, he pulled away. Megumi smiled dreamily to herself, it had felt nice.
Kakashi smiled. "You have two minutes to spike the punch. I'll take these off and join you later."
"Fine."
Kakashi nodded and poofed the items to his room. 'This will be an interesting night.' he thought as he walked over to Megumi. He watched her move and look up. "How much do I put in?" she asked.
"Depends, what are you pouring?"
"I thought a little gin, a little vodka." she replied.
"Two shots each."
"How about 3:2 ratio? Three shots gin, 2 shots vodka."
"Fine. Luckily for you, they've drank before."
"Really?" she asked as she poured in the alcohol.
Kakashi nodded and sat down on a barstool. "Old enough to kill, old enough to drink. Besides, helps numb the pain of missions."
"Oh."
"Bark!" She looked down and saw Akamaru. She looked at the bottles in her hand and looked back down. "Don't tell, okay Akamaru?"
"Bark."
"Thanks."
"Hey. Looking sharp Akamaru." Kiba smiled as he walked in. Megumi smiled nervously. 'Hopefully he didn't notice the alcohol.'
Shino and Hinata came in. "Hi."
Naruto walked in and his eyes bulged from their sockets "Holy crap! Sensei doesn't have his mask on!"
Sakura and Tenten blinked. "He looks hotter than you guys!"
Sasuke and Neji hn'ed. Maybe she was wrong. Maybe they just didn't notice the first few times.
Kakashi smiled. "Now that we're all here, let's get started." Everyone cheered in reply.
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Megumi walked from the dancing mass in the living room and made her way over to the party pooper. "Come on Kakashi, get up and dance."
Kakashi looked up. "I'm fine in my chair." he deadpanned.
"Is it really that boring being at this party?"
"No…" he said, wondering what she was getting at, but he probably had a good idea.
"Then come on!"
"No."
"Don't tell me you can't dance!"
"…"
Megumi stared blankly at him. No way. No freaking way! This couldn't be possible, but- "You really can't dance?! The great Copy Nin, Hatake Kakashi, can't dance?"
"…"
Megumi sighed and stuck her hand out. "Come on."
"Huh?"
"I'm going to teach you to dance."
"No." he glared.
"Fine. I get it. You're too chicken to-" She was suddenly wrenched forward. She looked up to see Kakashi dragging her towards the music.
"Come on." he grunted. Megumi smiled. 'Thank you male ego!'
Kakashi stopped in the middle. She was surprised they weren't being crushed, but then again, Shino had put on a slow song. "So what do I do?" he asked.
"Put your arms around my waist," she directed.
"What?"
"Just do it," she said exasperatedly.
He did what he was told and looked down at me. "You sure you know what you're doing?"
"Nope," she said cheerfully. Seeing the blank look on his face and feeling his fingers slide from her hand, she caught his hand. "But I've seen a ton of movies and shows about dancing and my friends showed me how."
Kakashi sighed and repositioned his hands. "Okay, now what?"
"Just follow my steps with your Sharingan."
Come stop your crying,
It'll be all right
Just take my hand
Hold it tight
I will protect you
From all around you
I will be here don't you cry
"Have you got the steps?"
"This is pretty easy." he said.
"Good, let's add some variation. Spin me," she said with a smile.
For one so small
You seem so strong
My arms will hold you
Keep you safe and warm
This bond between us
Can't be broken
I will be here
Don't you cry
Kakashi nodded and she moved far enough to spin and went back into his arms. "Great, you're getting the hang of this. "
"I try," he said, a bit of arrogance slipping into his voice. Megumi shook her head and looked up at him challengingly. "Okay Casanova, spin me out."
'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more
You'll be in my heart
No matter what they say
You'll be here in my heart...
...Always
Why can't they understand
The way we feel
They just don't trust
What they can't explain
I know we're different
But deep inside us
We're not that different at all
And you'll be in my heart
Yes you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more
Don't listen to them
'Cause what do they know (what do they know)
We need each other
To have, to hold
They'll see in time
I know
When destiny calls you
You must be strong (you gotta be strong)
I may not be with you
But you got to hold on
They'll see in time
I know
We'll show them together!
Kakashi looked down. "Anything else?"
"Just one." she murmured against his chest. Megumi saw him look at her from the corner of her eye and stared up at him. "Hold me till this song is over." she murmured.
Kakashi stared in shock at the girl again. He couldn't believe her. Had she really asked that? He looked down to see her still looking up at him and hesitantly wrapped his arms around her waist. She sighed contentedly and rested her head against his chest, a small smile on her face as she sang to herself.
'Cause you'll be in my heart (Believe me)
You'll be in my heart (I'll be there)
From this day on
Now and forever more
You'll be in my heart (you'll be here in my heart)
No matter what they say (I'll be with you)
You'll be here in my heart (I'll be there)
Always
Always!
I'll be with you!
I'll be there for you always
Always and always
Just look over your shoulder
Just look over your shoulder
Just look over your shoulder
I'll be there always
Kakashi smiled to himself. Despite the annoying flutter in his heart, this felt great. Somehow, it felt right. The song ended and he felt her look up at him. "So you know how to dance know right?"
Kakashi smiled. "In all directions." he answered. When she stared up at him in question, he smiled lecherously. "My particular favorite is the horizontal tango, but you're too young."
Megumi blushed hotly. Man, he was perverted. Suddenly, she heard Kiba. "Have you seen Akamaru?"
"No, come to think of it, I haven't seen Hoshi either," Megumi said.
"We should look for them."
Kakashi shook his head. "No need." Kiba and Megumi stared at him, confused and he pointed to somewhere in the room. "They're in the corner sleeping together."
Megumi followed his gaze and sure enough, Akamaru and Hoshi were curled together in the corner of the kitchen. She giggled. "Looks like Akamaru has the hots for Hoshi."
"I'm going to get some punch." Kakashi said.
"I'll go with you."
"And I'll go put Hoshi and Akamaru in the dog bed. Be back soon." Kiba and Kakashi nodded and she walked out of the room, the two dogs in her arms.
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Megumi took one last look back at the two sleeping dogs and smiled before stepping out again. "I'm back and- Whoa!"
Sasuke looked up from his seat in the living room. His face was flushed and she noticed his eyes were glazed over. "Hi Megumi…You're wearing my gifffft. A kiss for your brother?" he slurred.
"Um…"
"Sasu-kunnnn…" Sakura whined as she slumped against him as she sat on his lap.
"What happened to you guys?" she asked.
"Yummy punch." Sakura grinned.
'Shit.'
"How much did you guys drink?"
"14 cups. You look pretty." he smiled, kissing her on the lips. She froze. 'Oh my god, Sasuke just kissed me! Ew!!!!' How was she ever gonna talk to him? She turned her face (which she was pretty sure was either pale as a sheet or a lovely shade of green). "Sasuke?" she asked, but luckily for her, he passed out.
Sakura smiled, unperturbed by her unconscious boyfriend. "I had 11!!!!! Wheee!! I love you, Sasu-kun, all three of you." she grinned, giggling.
Megumi rolled her eyes. What the hell happened? Hopefully, the others weren't as plastered. She turned her head to see the tragic historical couple and true to their character, they were showing how much they loved each other by making out. She stuck her tongue out in disgust. 'Ugh, Get a room.'
Megumi looked around the first floor. Shino was asleep, Naruto had passed out and so did Hinata. They both had two, so at least they won't have that bad of a hangover. 'Wait, what about Kiba and Kakashi?'
In the Kitchen….
Kiba heard footsteps as he stared into the red liquid sitting in his cup. He looked up, his eyes glazed. "Megumi!" he smiled drunkenly.
"Kiba!"
"This punch tastes funny." he smiled.
She placed her pinky into the punch and nearly fell over by how strong it was. "I didn't put this much alcohol!"
"Haha! That was me."
She turned to the man smiling as he lounged on the counter. "Kakashi?!"
Kiba looked up in realization. "Oh….Oh well. Hey, Megumi…"
Megumi turned. "Yes, Kiba?"
"You're pretty."
"Um…" She did not like the way he was looking at her. She would've started screaming 'cooties!' if not for the fact that she knew better and Kiba would probably not have cared. He walked over to Megumi. She felt his breath in her ear and blushed. "I'm sorry." he whispered.
She looked up. "For wh-Mm!"
'He's kissing me?!' she thought when she felt a warm weight crushing her body against the lower cabinet. He had passed out. Megumi rolled her eyes. "Of course, he kisses me and now he's asleep." she muttered to herself, cursing colorfully. She shoved Kiba off, she'd worry about injuries later. "Kakashi!"
"Yes?" he asked, turning his head to the fuming female.
"How. Much. Did. You. Add?" she gritted out, her hands in fists at her sides.
"Oh, just half of each bottle."
"Why?!"
Kakashi shrugged. "Not strong enough," he said like it was the simplest thing in the world.
"What? When?"
Kakashi shrugged again and took a sip of his punch. "After you did." he said, the cup of what-used-to-be-punch-and-now-a-corkscrew dangling from his hand.
She sighed. "Then you forgot and started to drink it. How much did you two have?" This was bloody perfect.
"I'm on my 13th and Kiba stopped at 9." Kakashi said holding up his cup.
"I was only gone five minutes and you're already drunk?!"
Kakashi shrugged indifferently. "No, I'm still sober."
"Yes, but at the rate you're going, that won't last long. Come on, give me the cup." she said motioning her hand. Augh, she felt like a mother dealing with her disobediant son.
"Make me." Oh yes, definitely felt like a mother.
"Fine." she said curtly, making a grab for the cup. Kakashi simply lifted the cup above her reach. "You'll have to do better than that."
Megumi glared at him. Damn his height. She made another grab at the cup, but her foot got caught by Kiba's leg. She fell forward, straight into his lap. "Ah!"
Kakashi smirked and looked down. "Looks like I got a treat this Halloween."
She looked up, a blush painting her face. "Kakashi?" He smirked and brought her head up, pressing his lips against hers. Her eyes widened. She couldn't believe he was kissing her. If this was any other time, she probably would've jumped for joy or blushed like Hinata, but this was different. She was mad. 'Ugh, I can taste the alcohol on his breath. Last time we have alcohol in this studio!'
Kakashi pulled away and she tried to collect my thoughts. "So, which is it?" he whispered.
She looked up. "H-huh?"
"Trick? Or Treat?" he drawled.
She didn't like that look in his eye. It looked…hungry. "Um…" Megumi backed away, her back hitting the edge of the counter. "Kakashi, you're not sober. Just sit down and drink some water while I take care of the others."
"I'll be waiting for your answer." he whispered and she gulped. His smile was predatory.
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Megumi looked around the empty room. "Okay, everyone is taken care of. In their rooms with asprin and water waiting for them when they wake up. And that is definitely the last time we have booze in this place. Kakashi is dangerous enough sober, but drunk, he's-"
"I'm what?"
Megumi looked back in surprise. She was confused. How did he get there? When'd he get there? She started fidgeting. "Um...um…"
"I'm still waiting for your answer."
"…"
Kakashi moved closer, their noses touching. "Well?"
God, her knees felt weak. Why did he have to smell so good? She looked around. She needed to get herself together. She needed an escape. "W-what about our agreement earlier?"
Kakashi seemed to frown, but she must have been mistaken. "Fine, but afterwards, you'll give me your answer."
"Phew." Never in her life was she probably more thankful for Icha Icha.
Kakashi circled around her, his fingers grazing her shoulders. "You're not out of the woods yet." he whispered huskily. She shivered. 'Note to self, Kakashi is great at role-playing when drunk.'
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In Kakashi's room….
Megumi stared around the room as she sat on the bed. A poof was heard and Kakashi turned around. "You clipped your wings?"
"Yup, kept some of the feathers though. See?" she said holding up an ebony feather. God, it felt good. Though those wings were very pretty, they were also very heavy.
"Hn. I'd rather you clip off your clothes."
Megumi blushed and looked around nervously. "So where's that movie you got today?"
"Already in. Just press play." Megumi nodded and went over to the t.v., pressing play before sitting on the floor. She felt his gaze on her shoulders. "What are doing? Sit on the bed with me. I won't bite…much."
She shuddered, mentally cursing him for what he was doing to her body. She could already feel her blush speading. "Can you scootch over then?" she asked as she stood at the foot of the bed.
"Anything you wish." he replied. She nodded and watched him scootch over and sat down besides him, settling to watch the movie.
30 mins later….
The sound of light snoring could be heard and Megumi turned off the television, looking down at the man. 'Guess it had to catch up to him sooner or later. I'll leave.' She leaned down, brushing her lips against his forehead. Even if he acted like a arrogant jerk, she couldn't hate him for long. She did't think she actually hated him at all today. She smiled to herself, shaking her head. Love really did make people do stupid things.
She shook her head again, laughing to herself and stood up to leave when she felt a tug on her waist. "What?" She looked down and sighed. Great, his arm was around her waist.
She felt him shift against her and looked back just in time to hear him moan. "Mmm…Say my name again."
Megumi blinked. 'He talks in his sleep?' She watched him shift closer to her, his face pressing deeper into the crook of her neck. "You feel so great." he murmured.
'Must be cuz of that Icha Icha movie.' Megumi thought wryly. She felt him move against her body. "Megumi!"
Great, he's drunk and dreaming of sex with someone with her name and she's stuck in bed with him. She felt like having the ground swallow her up. Someone probably didn't like her up there. That, or they just loved seeing her squirm.
She gently pried his hands off her waist and moved towards the edge of the bed when she felt his hand grab her wrist. "Please don't leave." he whispered sadly.
She turned back. "Kakashi?"
"Stay…" he murmured in his sleep, his brows furrowed.
Her eyes softened. He could just be too cute sometimes. She slid back into the bed and kissed his nose. "I will." she whispered.
Kakashi smiled in his sleep, snuggling against her body. He sighed contentedly. "Thank you."
"You're welcome," she whispered. Megumi watched him sleep, running her hand through his hair. She smiled, feeling his arms pull her tighter against him and had to stop herself from giggling. She let her head fall back into the pillows and looked down at his sleeping face. Maybe she would stay…if not just for a little while…