Kit: Ok, next chapppie, folks! Enjoy!

Kai: Oh, yes. Get scared beyond imagination. (notice the sarcasm)

Kit: Getting scared isn't supposed to come yet, Kai. It comes after the suspese and such.

Tala: [rolls eyes] Disclaimer, since no one esle will do it. Kitten doesn't own Beyblade. But, she made up The Sorceresses, The Shadow Cats, and everything about those teams. So, no sueing!

Kit: Thanks, Wolfie! Now, on with the story!


As of now, they were all crammed into a huge room that they had just randomly found after they had gotten freaked out by the wailing in the abandoned mansion.

Rayne glared at Tala, "I told you something about this place didn't seem right, but did you listen to my warnings? No, you just mocked me!"

Tala held up his hands defensively, "Hey, I don't believe in ghosts! That was just the wind!"

Kit looked at him from her seat next to him, "Oh, really? Then, why were you freaking out so bad if it was just the WIND?!" she glared at him and crossed her arms over her stomach.

Tala blinked and gulped," Ummm...Since, ya'll were freaking out, I ACTED like I was freaked out so none of you would be embarrassed! Yeah, that's it!" he said with a feeble nod, hoping they would believe his excuse.

Saphira rolled her eyes and glared at him, along with Rayne and Kit, " Uh-huh. Tala, your lying tag is showing from here." they all said simultaniously, and smirked at eachother.

Kayori sighed, " All of you stop fighting. We'll get out of this creep palace alot faster if we work together." she said with a level-headed glare at Kit and Rayne.

Mortisha blinked and looked up, her eyes traveling across the ceiling, " Well, we need to find some rooms that we feel comfortable in, since the bus broke down and we can't very well stay in this room all night." she paused to motion to the room around her, "It's just to small to fit all of us in it."

Taryn blinked and nodded, " Yeah, but I have a proposition to make. Since, most boys think that we girls are weaker and more capable of getting the ever-loving crap scared out of us, I vote that each of us has a 'brave man' to save us from the 'perils' that inhabit this house." she smirked to herself as the boys glanced to eachother and gulped not to quietly.

Tanya smirked, catching onto her friend's idea," Yes, a superb idea. Well, girls, up and let the boys choose which one they want to take care of." she said as all the girls stood from their spots and huddled into the middle of the room, watching the boys expectantly.

Tala was the first to decide, and walked quickly forward, closing his hand around Kit's arm and pulling her back to his seat. Then, came Kai, who grabbed Rayne'd hand and dragged her back to their previous seat. Rei was next, and he grabbed the sleeve of Meilin's shirt and pulled her to where they sat. Bryan was next, and he hesitantly wrapped his hand around Mortisha's, proceeding to pull her over to the chair that had been deemed his only minutes before. Tyson just walked up, grabbed Kayori's arm, and pulled her over to where they had been seated. Ian grabbed Lorana as Spencer pulled Saphira toward him. Max pulled Taryn back to him as Kenny grabbed Tanya.

Rayne smirked as she stepped momentarily from Kai's embrace, " Well, now that they've chosen, we need to go look for rooms, but we WON'T split up. Everytime we split up, something bad happens."

Taryn rolled her eyes, " That's only in movies, Rayne-san. It couldn't possibly happen in real life." she said to her friend with a shake of her head.

A large anime-vein sprouted on Rayne's fore-head, " I seem to remember you saying that the last time we were stuck in a situation like this, and what happened?! WE ENDED UP BEING CHASED AROUND THE HOUSE ALL NIGHT AND SCREAMING OUR HEADS OFF!" her voice was loud and annoyed, and they all supposed that if the house wasn't old and able to protect itself from such assaults, that the windows would have shattered from the shrill tone of her voice.

Tala sighed and looked at Kit for help, " Alright, alright! We won't split up until we've found our rooms! They will ALL be on the same wing of the house so, if one of us, or two, ends up running down the hall with a chain-rattling zombie with a chainsaw coming after us, we can out number said chainsaw-weilding zombie and kick it's undead ass." she growled, and most were surprised that she had the nerve to curse, which she usually didn't.

Bryan sweatdropped at Kit's 'lecture', " Yes, I like her idea. I doubt that any of us want to wake up to a dead guy trying to kill us." he said and got agreeing nods from all the others.

Mortisha nodded, " Ok, it's decided. Let's see if that screaming-thingie is gone." with that, she grabbed Bryan's arm and proceeded to drag him towards the door, as did all the other girls.

Rayne stopped right in front of the door, then turned to Kai, " Ok, you're the manly-man, you go first." she said as she walked behind him and pushed him to the door.

Kai smirked knowingly, and did a double-back, walking behind Rayne and pushing her, " No, I insist. Ladies first." he said and nearly tripped as she walked behind him with a smirk and a giggle.

Rayne pushed him again, " Yes, I agree. Ladies first" and with that said, she pushed Kai through the door and into the hall.

All the others followed, rolling their eyes and sweatdropping at the two fighting friends.
Kit: Ok, second chappie to Hauntings. Hope ya liked it!

Tala: Yep. Kitten's going to be a bit funny on the first few chappies, but she's working up the suspense to get it even scarier at the end. Every good author does that.

Kit: I think they know what I'm doing, Wolfie. Everyone who's seen a good horro film knows how a scary story works.

Tala: [rolls eyes] Whatever, Kitten. R & R!