"Queen Beryl!" yelled Jadeite. "I found a new source of energy!"

"Wow, I'm glad you like my costume," said Zoisite. "I pulled it together at the last minute so I wasn't sure how good it'd look."

Jadeite was angry. "You don't deserve to wear Queen Beryl's signature look!"

Jadeite was dressed up as a tan sea captain.

"Jadeite, why are you tan?" asked Zoisite.

"It's part of the gig," said Jed.

Nephrite teleported in. He was dressed up as an astronaut.

"Everything is ruled by the power of the stars," he stated. "But today everything is ruled by the power of sweets! Who's ready to go trick-or-treating?"

"MEEEEEE!" said Kunzite. He was dressed up as a pimp, with a purple cape.

"Beryl," he said. "I wonder if Zoisite will dress up as Sailor Moon again this year. Because Zoisite doesn't pass as a beautiful woman as well as you do, Queen Beryl!"

"Oh," said Zoisite.

"Beryl," said Kunzite. "Do you have a cold? You don't sound like yourself."

Suddenly Queen Beryl walked in. She was dressed as her OC gem from Steven Universe.

"Zoisite," said Zoisite. "Why did you take my form as Queen Beryl?"

"What?!" said Beryl. "Hey, who's in my throne?!"

"What's going on?" demanded Kunzite. "Am I in some kind of dream I never want to wake up from?"

Zoisite grabbed Kunzite by the ear. "We need to talk," he said.

"Beryl," said Jadeite. "Will you be joining us for the trick and treating?"

"No," said Beryl. "I'm way too old for that. You're way too old for that, too."

"Wrong," said Nephrite. "Kunzite didn't go last year and he regretted it ever since. Don't make the same mistake, Beryl."

"I will pass," said Beryl.

She left.

"Why was she in a costume, then?" asked Jadeite. "Very misleading."


The Shitennou waited around at Nephrite's house.

"Do we even celebrate Halloween in Japan?" asked Kunzite. He was covered in bruises.

"No," said Jadeite. "We'll teleport to America when the time is right. The sun is going down, so soon."

"No, no," said Kunzite. "We can't go while it's still light out. Let's wait till a bit later."

"You're right," agreed Jadeite. "How should we pass the time?"

"Let's go bobbing for apples!" suggested Zoisite.

"Uh, I could fill my bathtub with water, I guess," said Nephrite. "But we don't have any apples."

"Never mind then," said Jadeite. "Stupid idea, Zoisite."

The Shitennou twiddled their thumbs for a couple hours, and then teleported to the streets.

"Ooh, that house is well-decorated," said Nephrite. "Let's hit it!"

As they walked up to the house, Molly and Melvin walked past them.

"Mully!" said Nephrite.

"Hidy ho!" said Melvin, who was dressed as some obscure anime character.

Molly was dressed as a giant mutton chop.

"Where are you guys going?" said Jadeite. "The houses are that way!"

"There is a curfew," said Melvin. "Trick-or-treating ends at eight!"

"Yeah, okay, nerd," laughed Jadeite. "You young ones probably just have strict parents. Now run along and let the big boys go."

Molly shrugged and left.

"Curfew, that's a good one," said Zoisite. "Only some cruel tyrant would come up with something like that."

The Shitennou knocked on the first door.

"Wait," said Jadeite panicking. "What do I say?"

"Don't worry," said Kunzite. "Just say, 'trick-or-treat,' in English."

"Ah," said Jadeite. "I'll try to memorize that."

Ms. Haruna answered the door. She stared at them for a moment.

"Trick-or-treat," said Zoisite.

"You're a little late," chuckled Haruna coldly.

"What do you mean?" demanded Jadeite. "The sun just set recently."

"Well," chuckled Haruna. "It's after eight."

"So?" asked Kunzite rudely. "Trick-or-treating usually doesn't start until seven or eight, unless you're like three."

"Sorry," said Haruna. "But I can't give you candy in all good consciousness. Have a good night!"

She went to close the door, but Kunzite put his foot in the door.

"Excuse me," said Kunzite. "I think there's a misunderstanding here. It's Halloween today. Not the day after."

"Yes," said Ms. Haruna. "But it's after 8. You guys don't look 12, either."

"12?!" demanded Nephrite. "Not 14, not 13, but 12?!"

"Sounds like this lady wants a couple eggs thrown her way," said Zoisite.

"Yes," said Jadeite. "She's obviously yanking our chain. Ending trick-or-treating at 8 o'clock is unheard of. Criminal, actually."

Ms. Haruna slammed her door, and Zoisite took out the eggs.

"Don't bother," said Kunzite. "She's just out of candy and doesn't want to admit she messed up. She's probably too lazy to go to the store again, or too cheap. Let's let her live this time."

"Fine," said Zoisite reluctantly. He put away the eggs.

The next house they went to was none other than Motoki's apartment.

"Look," said Jadeite. "Some kids are already up there."

Motoki was handing out small Whopper packs.

But on the third kid in the group, halfway through extending his arm, Motoki's watch went off.

"Ah," he said. "8 o'clock pm on the nose! That's all for tonight!"

Motoki rescinded his arm, stepped into the hall, and dropped his bucket of Whoppers down the trash chute.

He then went inside and shut his door, and locked it.

"Did you see that?!" exclaimed Kunzite. "I have a bone to pick!"

Kunzite pounded on Motoki's door.

"Hello," said Motoki opening the door. "You must be the mailman, because no kid would make the mistake of trick-or-treating at 8:01!"

"Fork over the candy, little boy," said Kunzite.

"Alright," said Motoki. But then he checked his watch. "Ah, sorry pal," he said sarcastically. "Still after 8!"

Kunzite turned to Zoisite, and Zoisite turned to the rest.

"Motoki, is it?" said Zoisite.

"Yes," said Motoki.

Zoisite fired a beam, and Motoki went flying with the beam off his balcony and straight to the great beyond.

Zoisite raided his apartment and found candy stashed away.

"Good work!" said Kunzite, evenly distributing it.

"Yes," said Nephrite. "I couldn't have done it better myself."

The Shitennou trekked to the next house.

"Eight o'clock," repeated Jadeite. "This must be some national joke. My stomach is actually sick from just the thought."


Kenji was doing the route with his boy Shingle.

"Get some extra candy for your pop!" said Kenji.

"Stop embarrassing me, dad," said Shingle.

"Don't worry then," said Kenji. "I'll come with you, to take a couple pieces for myself."

Kenji knocked on the door.

"Hello, Kenji," said Mrs. Mizuno. "What are you doing here?"

"Trick-or-treat, ho ho ho!" said Kenji, reaching his palm out like a beggar on the street.

"Sorry," said Ami's mom. "But it's after 8 o'clock."

Kenji froze in his place. His stomach felt like it had fallen down an elevator shaft.

He opened his mouth to speak, but no sound came out. He could not produce words, and his face turned dark blue in horror.

He started stuttering incoherently.

He wanted to shout. He wanted to scream.

But he couldn't utter a sound.

"No," he said finally.

"Excuse me?" said Mrs. Mizuno.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" yelled Kenji.

He threw a wild punch, killing Mrs. Mizuno.

"What's with all this screaming?" asked Ami, coming to the door.

Kenji threw a chop, ending Ami.

"Good work," said Shingo.

Kenji picked up Shingo, and tore him in half like a phonebook.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Kenji, pounding his chest.


The Shitennou approached the next house, preparing for the worst.

"Trick-or-treat," said Zoisite hesitantly.

The old woman shook her head. "Would you like to come in and see my clock?"

Zoisite looked at Kunzite, and Kunzite nodded.

"It's obvious that you do not possess some kind of watch, so I forgive you," said the lady. "But in the future-"

Zoisite fired a beam, and the old lady went flying in it, dying before she hit the ground.

"No house is going to go any differently," said Nephrite. "So should we just kill them before even asking for candy?"

"Yes," said Kunzite. "Instead of trick-or-treat, we should say die-or-treat, and then kill them."

They knocked on the next door.

"Ugh, you guys," said Mamoru Chiba.

Zoisite didn't even wait for a response, and threw a crystal at his heart, taking him out.

"Let me do one next!" said Jadeite, charging up lightning in his palms.


Beryl sat on a porch. The location was not important.

She set down her lawn chair, and started the bonfire.

"Alright, 8 o'clock," she said. "They should be coming around soon."

But the streets were a ghost town.

"What is this?" demanded Beryl. "I thought it was Halloween! If those boys pulled a prank on me…"

That's when she spotted two middle school students walking by.

"Kids!" she called.

She dashed over to them.

"Would you like some candy?" she said. "Take as many as you want!"

"Sorry," said Melvin. "It's past 8 o'clock."

Him and Molly walked away.

Beryl did a double-take.

"Huh?" she said. "Is he on some sort of weird diet, or could it be…?"

She sat back down.

"Queen Beryl!" yelled Kenji, dashing over.

"I've heard," said Beryl. "We have to do something."

"Yes," agreed Kenji. "Let's go take on city hall!"

"It's the only way," nodded Beryl.


"Trick-or-treat," said the young green-haired boy Kyuusuke, who was flanked by Momoko and Chibiusa.

"Sorry," said Motoki's sister. "There's a curfew at 8 o'clock! No more treats for today, come back next year!"

Kyuusuke just stared blankly.

"Huh?" he said at last.

"Mmhmm!" said Motoki's sister. "Have a good night!"

Kyuusuke was bewildered, and got down on his hands and knees to process things.

Motoki's sister closed the door.

"What happened?" asked Momoko.

But Kyuusuke couldn't produce words.

After twenty minutes, he explained things.

"What a queer," said Chibiusa. "We should egg her house!"

"No," said Kyuusuke. "All hope is lost."

The three of them started to mope away, and passed the Shitennou on the way out.

"Hello young ones!" said Jadeite. "I admire that you're out after eight!"

"Yes," said Kyuusuke. "But it's all in vain. All that's left for me is misery. Don't bother going to that house."

The three younglings left.

The Shitennou knocked on the door anyway.

As Kyuusuke and the pack walked away, there was a bright light like a beacon, and then there was a scream.

But the poor kids were so distraught that they didn't bother turning around.

The three kids arrived at the footsteps of Hikawa Shrine.

There was a sign saying, "Free Candy," so they figured it was worth a try.

"Wait," said Momoko. "You've heard the rumors about this place, right?"

"Nah," said Chibiusa. "Grandpa's a nice man."

"No," said Momoko. "He's a perv, and I heard he becomes a demon on Halloween night!"

"Yeah, I'm not going up there," said Chibiusa.

Kyuusuke started to chuckle.

"Hey girls," he said. "I triple-dog dare you to go up there and knock on the door!"

"Why don't you do it?" said Momoko. "You're a guy, you're not supposed to be scared!"

"I'm not scared," lied Kyuusuke. "I'll give you all my candy if you go up there!"

"Fine," said Momoko.

Her and Chibiusa slowly climbed the steps.

Kyuusuke waited patiently.

But after two hours, they didn't return.

Kyuusuke was starting to feel very bad.

"I shouldn't have dared them to go up there!" he said. "Oh man."

The Shitennou walked up casually.

"Ah, you again," said Zoisite. "Have any luck?"

"I made a terrible mistake," said Kyuusuke.

"Hang in there, Kaiyuusuke," said Jadeite.

"Actually," said Kyuusuke. "It's pronounced Q-sookay."

"No," said Zoisite. "Anyway, we're going up there. Wanna tag along? You seem spooked."

"No thanks," said Kyuusuke. "But can you please save my friends?! They haven't returned after two hours!"

"Yes," said Kunzite. "But no promises."

The Shitennou started climbing the steps.

There was the loud sound of a crow cawing, and Zoisite leapt into Kunzite's arms.

"Spooky," said Nephrite.

"Let's continue," said Jadeite.

They kept climbing the stairs, and many contraptions that Grandpa set up spooked them.

"Actually," said Zoisite when he saw the fog machine. "I think I'll wait here until you guys come back."

"Come on, you big baby," said Nephrite.

"Nephrite," said Zoisite seriously. "Anything could be in that fog. Put me down, Kunzite."

"Alright," said Kunzite. "Suit yourself."

"Jadeite," said Kunzite. "Are you sure you don't want to stay behind too?"

"Shut up," said Jadeite, prancing into the fog.

That's when they heard a scream, and Nephrite and Kunzite rushed in.

"What is it?" demanded Nephrite.

"It was a jump scare," said Jadeite. "Very spooky. Let's continue."

They made their way through the fog maze, which now was accompanied by a strobe light, and they finally got to the temple door.

But not before going through a corn maze at the top.

"Phew," said Jadeite. "That maze was tricky. If we couldn't fly we would have really had some trouble."

Kunzite knocked on the door.

Grandpa in his Youma form answered.

"Ah, Grandpa," said Kunzite. "Nice costume."

"Yes," said Jadeite. "It looks really realistic," he said, pulling at it like it was a mask.

"Say, Grandpa," said Nephrite. "Did you hear about that curfew nonsense? I'm glad you didn't go along with the rest of those fools."

Grandpa was just panting like a hound, and his eyes were looking in different directions.

"Say," said Kunzite. "Some young boy said that he sent two friends up here two hours ago. Have you seen them?"

That's when Grandpa threw a punch, instantly ending Kunzite in one blow.

Nephrite and Jadeite screamed, and tried to bolt in different directions.

But their heads hit each other and they fell to the ground, and Grandpa quickly disposed of them.

Zoisite, who had headed all the way down and recently met up with Kyuusuke, waited patiently.

Suddenly they heard the screams of Jadeite and Nephrite, and the howl of a beast.

Zoisite and Kyuusuke screamed.

"Little boy!" said Zoisite. "We have to go up there!"

"No way," said Kyuusuke, taking off.

"Looks like it's up to me," said Zoisite. "As long as I don't run into any rats, I'm good."

Zoisite nervously headed up the steps, and each footstep felt like an eternity.

"Kunzite?" he called. "Nephrite? Jadeite?"

Suddenly, he felt someone panting against his neck.

That's when Zoisite was ended.

Kyuusuke kept running, and didn't stop running for three weeks, only stopping to drink rain water.

It's assumed he made it out alive.


Kenji and Beryl walked out of city hall.

"It was tough taking on city hall," said Kenji. "Good thing you had my back."

"Thanks," said Beryl, wiping the blood off her dress.

"Say," said Kenji. "What is your costume?"

"Ah," said Beryl. "This is my Steven Universe OC, Angelite."

"Dumb OC," said Kenji.

Beryl snapped him like a twig.

"I'm coming, Shingle," said Kenji as he died.

FIN