So... I was thinking... 'tis the season', right? I love Halloween. Hope you like this. Review?
Happy Halloween.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
Warning: will contain yaoi and lemons
From somewhere downstairs there was a howl, followed by a mock shriek and then a chorus of laughter.
"Naruto, sweetie! Your friends are here!" Kushina called up the stairs brightly as she ushered several teenagers into the house. There were several sulky thuds as Naruto grudgingly dragged himself down the stairs from his room; clad in pretty much just a sheet and a wreath of plants that his mother had made for him.
"Oh don't pout," his mother scolded, kissing him on the forehead, "You look adorable!"
"It's Halloween, mom; I'm not meant to be 'adorable'," he reminded in a slightly whingey voice as he noted that Kiba had arrived with Shikamaru, Gaara and Choji. Kiba gave a chuckle and a practice howl; dressed as a werewolf.
"What do you think of my howling ability?" he chuckled, "I've been practicing; it's been driving the neighbours nuts!" Shikamaru, dressed as the Joker, just rolled his eyes.
"He's been howling all down the street," he assured Naruto with a bored look, "The others are probably waiting for us."
"I don't see why we have to go trick-or-treating," Naruto grumbled crossly; adjusting his sheet for what felt like the thousandth time in the half hour since he'd put it on, "Aren't we too old?"
"Free candy," Choji chuckled; already munching on some he had acquired on the trip to Naruto's house. His costume was apparently a pumpkin, and Gaara was easily the most terrifying zombie clown he'd ever seen in his life.
" –Oh come on," Kiba laughed, "Are you still sore that Sakura broke up with you a few weeks ago? You knew that you guys weren't right for each other! Why are you sulking?"
"We're going to see her tonight, obviously," Shikamaru snorted at Kiba's lack of understanding, "Fresh wounds, right, Naruto?" He chuckled slightly as Kushina began pushing them towards the door.
"Okay boys; now have my Naruto home before morning, you hear me?" she ordered; hands on hips and the boys resisted the urge to salute, "Have a good time! And watch out for razors in candy; and don't go down shady alleyways; and have fun in the horror house that the Uchihas are putting on!"
"Yes mom," Naruto hollered back as the five of them headed out the door and out into the street. Almost as soon as he saw that the already-dark street was filled with kids from the age of four up until their age of eighteen, all dressed in their scary-best to collect candy, his mood brightened. Sure, Sakura had broken off their relationship, and sure they all went trick-or-treating together every year so he was bound to see her…but did it really matter? Halloween was always a good night!
"I wonder what Hinata's going as this year," Kiba daydreamed with a sigh.
" –Remember how Neji literally whipped you a few years ago when he went as Indiana Jones?" Shikamaru reminded him flatly, "Or how last year he went as Thor and hit you with his hammer? Or the year before when he dressed as Poseidon and stabbed you with his trident…"
"Yeah, yeah, I get it; Neji always dresses up with a weapon," Kiba rolled his eyes, "But it's totally worth it; Hinata always goes as a beautiful princess or an angel –"
" –I like the weapons," Gaara commented flatly.
"No, Gaara; you like Neji," Naruto chuckled; earning a vicious glare from the redhead, "…Okay, so maybe you also like the weapons. Don't deny that you liked the Poseidon outfit!"
"Anyway; what are you supposed to be?" Kiba frowned, "Some kind of weird ghost?"
"I'm a Greek God," Naruto corrected hotly, "…Or at least that's what my mom said I looked like…Oh come on guys, I wasn't going to come –" he added when his friends all started sniggering at his expense.
After a few houses, they were already starting to feel in the spirit of Halloween. They'd passed a few more of their classmates; reassuring them that they could never be too old for this sort of holiday. It didn't take long for them to reach the park, where they met up with a few more of their friends, like they did every year for Halloween.
"Gaara; you look adorable!" Temari remarked in delight as soon as she spied her brother. Everyone present just stared at her. With dark eye makeup and an apparently blood-stained jumpsuit, Gaara did not look adorable in the slightest. She also planted a quick kiss on Shikamaru's face-paint laden face and smirked in approval. How fitting; the Joker and Harley Quinn.
"Looking hot, Naruto," she commented bluntly with a wide grin and causing Naruto to just puff out his chest and wink at her; throwing a look over to where Sakura, Ino and Hinata were all giggling away, with the Grim Reaper Neji watching over his cousin protectively and brandishing his scythe; just daring Kiba to approach. Naruto caught Sakura's eye. She was an angel, with Ino as a devil, and Hinata looking particularly elegant as a bride of Dracula. Sakura just flicked him a small, apologetic smile in greeting before going back to talking with her friends.
"Come on guys; who are we waiting for?" Naruto inquired impatiently; ready to head out into the night and get some candy!
" –Lee's gone with Sai, Kankuro and Shino as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," Neji assured him from out from under his long black hood, "So he's not coming with us tonight."
" –Where's Sasuke?" Ino demanded to know, "We have to wait for him!"
"…Bastard's always keeping us waiting," Naruto complained; the same complaint that he'd made every year since middle school, which was when they'd all started going out on Halloween together. Trust the mighty Sasuke Uchiha to arrive 'fashionable late'. Sure, they were practically best friends (though they were the only ones who wouldn't admit it), but that didn't mean the guy had to have such a 'holier than thou art' attitude!
Suddenly, he felt something stabbing into his back and spun around to see Sasuke Uchiha himself standing there with a cutlass pointed directly as his stomach.
"Watch who you're talking about, moron," Sasuke smirked, returning his toy sword to its rightful spot on his belt and ignoring the squeals from Ino and Sakura at how fabulous he looked. Naruto glared at him and looked away in irritation. That was Sasuke, all right; having to show up everyone's costumes every year.
This year he was dressed as a pirate; complete with boots; sinfully tight pants and a loose blouse. His head was wrapped with a bandanna and he was wearing a fake hoop earring to complete the look.
"What, are you some kind of stripper this year?" Naruto snorted condescendingly.
"Speak for yourself," Sasuke smirked, gesturing to the way that Naruto was pretty much dressed in just a loose-hanging sheet. Naruto just stuck out his chest and his tongue and struck a pose to show off his arms. He was pretty proud of his arms. Sasuke just snorted and rolled his eyes.
"So, Sasuke; is your family doing the horror house again this year?" Temari inquired.
"Of course," Sasuke smirked as they all started heading off down the road, now that they were all there, "Itachi and Kakashi are running it again this year." Naruto and Kiba high-fived in delight.
"Itachi does the best horror houses ever!" Naruto exclaimed, "Remember that time when we were eleven that he made Neji cry?" They all sniggered as Neji hotly defended, "I told you! The fake blood got in my eyes!"
"What's he got planned this year?" Shikamaru asked; actually curious. The Uchihas had the only properly terrifying horror house in the town and even he got a little bit excited about it. Sasuke chuckled to himself.
"It's a surprise," he smirked, "But they've got the maze out back again and Kakashi's been setting up a cornfield for ages."
"Not the cornfield!" Ino exclaimed in horror, "That's terrifying! I remember getting lost in one a few years ago and one of Itachi's friends scared me to death!"
"Yeah; Hidan's a big fan of the cornfield," Sasuke shrugged, "He's seen Jeepers Creepers too many times." Just talking about it was making them incredibly excited.
The Uchiha Horror House was a spectacular and terrifying event. Since the family was so wealthy, they had purchased a property specifically for the purpose of such functions. It had built as a kind of maze-like room with secret rooms and hidden passages and trapdoors. It was several floors high and the entire building was just plain spooky. Itachi had quite the imagination when it came to decorating and his friends always loved scaring the shit out of anyone who dared enter.
The floors creaked; shadows moved; there were zombies that chased people on certain floors. Things jumped out; paintings had eyes that followed you; it was so dark. Not to mention there was the backyard where there was the huge maze and the cornfield; both of which were riddled with people just waiting to terrify you. The entire property was also a great place to lie in wait for your unsuspecting friends (or unsuspecting strangers) –which they had all found out the hard way on more than one occasion.
The teenagers scampered around various houses for a while; taking turns to see who could get the most candy. Hinata usually lost; mostly because she'd always end up donating hers to a cute little princess or a tiny superhero. Kiba would always attempt to offer her some; only to wind up with some form of Neji's weapon swatting him over the head.
"Not particularly scary this year," Sasuke chuckled to Naruto as their group spread out along the pavement and they ended up walking alone.
"Speak for yourself," Naruto scoffed, "Usually your costumes are at least a little bit scary…You acting as a fanservice these days or what?" Sasuke eyes narrowed as Naruto looked back over his shoulder to find that Ino and Sakura were apparently giggling over how cute Sasuke's ass looked. Curious as to what was so appealing about a butt, he snuck a casual glance and nearly did a double-take.
Okay, it seriously had to be illegal to be wearing pants that tight. He blinked stupidly for a long moment before he was roused by Sasuke flicking him in the nose like he was a child.
" –Oi, moron; don't stare at what you can't afford," he chuckled with a predatory gleam in his eyes that made Naruto gulp nervously before stammering out some excuse that he'd been admiring his boots. He missed the smirk evident in the Uchiha's black eyes.
As midnight drew closer, they neared the Uchiha Horror House after having dropped their candy collections off at Shikamaru's house. There were the shrill shrieks of people of all ages; even adults, and flashes of light meant to mimic lightning made the place seem even more eerie. There was some kind of terrifying scarecrow sitting on the front porch with a bowl of candy in its lap.
"Not this year!" Kiba immediately decided, "Last year it was the tin-man and the year before that it was Sasori as the weird Chucky doll. I am not going near that scarecrow!" They watched as a few moments later several children emerged victorious; having claimed some of the candy from the bowl without having suffered any kind of psychological trauma.
"Maybe they just forgot to hire someone this year?" Temari suggested as they watched another small batch of pre-teens manage to do much the same thing.
"Totally," Kiba scoffed; probably mostly to himself, "I can totally do this!" A few of them sniggering, they began wandering up the graveyard path towards the porch where the scarecrow was sitting. Kiba slowly began to approach. It seemed safe enough; completely still. Then, when he was only a metre away; it leapt up with a hoarse cackling laugh.
Kiba let out a shrill, unmanly scream and tumbled backwards down the stairs; letting out all kinds of traumatized squeals before winding up in a shaking heap at Neji's feet. Neji apparently approved of this. The scarecrow started laughing; a friendly, gentle laugh.
"Kakashi; that was hilarious!" Naruto sniggered; bursting out into laughter.
"You knew?" Kiba exclaimed in horror; noticing that they were all laughing at his expense.
"I was wondering when you would all turn up," the voice of Sasuke's elder brother, Itachi Uchiha could suddenly be heard as he emerged from the shadows of the porch with his boyfriend, Kisame in tow. Itachi was dressed as Dracula this Halloween, and Kisame as an altogether far-too-realistic Frankenstein's monster.
"I see you were original this year, brother dearest," Sasuke commented flatly; eyeing the Dracula costume with a bored look.
"Dracula is classic, baby brother," Itachi sniffed, licking his fangs, "You look tacky."
" –Says the guy with the neckerchief…" Sasuke smirked.
" –It's not a…Kisame; tell him it's not a neckerchief!" Itachi snapped irritably, "Go inside. I hope Hidan actually sacrifices you this year." Triumphantly having scored a point against his brother, Sasuke chuckled and began to lead them inside. " –And I can't believe mother let you out of the house in those pants! Have fun kids," Itachi added; a malevolent tone creeping into his voice, "Watch out; we've got an evil scientist on the loose in there!"
"Twenty bucks says it's Deidara," Naruto chuckled, "See you!" He called out brightly to Kakashi, Itachi and Kisame; Kakashi who had resumed his position on the front porch. The door creaked open; Naruto chuckling a little as he heard Kisame saying it Itachi, "'Tachi, you don't have to get so worked up when people call it a neckerchief –"
"…It's an ascot, Kisame," Itachi was growling, "Uncultured swine…That little brother of mine…" The group of them entered together; the doors swinging shut behind them with a dramatic clang and leaving them in near darkness. An organ was playing from the depths of the house; manic cackling and howling echoing through the walls. Hinata shivered nervously as fake thunder rolled through and there was a series of screams from several floors up. This was Halloween at its very best, and though they were all together at the moment, they knew that before the night was through, there would be points in the house during which they were alone. Not knowing when that would be was just as terrifying as the darkness around them and the thought of what awaited them.
This was meant to be a oneshot but my fics always turn out much longer than I intended! Updates will be arriving within the next day or two. What lies in store for our favourite teenagers inside the Uchiha Horror House? xx K
. . . . . We'll just have to wait and see!