Again, I'd like to thank those who have reviewed. It makes me want to really keep going . Here's chapter 3!

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"Our trip is tomorrow right?" an excited Chiyo-chan asked.

Yomi gave the young girl a happy nod. "Yeah. I can't wait!"

"Hey! Where's my sister in arms Osaka?" Tomo asked as she looked around the classroom. The other girls briefly looked before shrugging it off.

"She probably got lost," snickered Kagura. "I wouldn't put it past her."

An ever silent Sakaki tipped her head down slightly. "Or she might be still be sleeping."

"Yeah. That Osaka sure likes her sleep." Tomo agreed.

The doors slid open and a smiling Osaka bounded into the room. She laughed oddly, as if she was hiding something.

Tomo turned her head to the happy Osaka. "YO! Osaka! What's so funny?"

Osaka looked at Tomo and laughed a little "he he" as she made her way to the group. The group looked at Osaka, waiting for her answer. It would probably be something stupid. The last time she had laughed like this, she had pulled her chopsticks apart perfectly.

"So… uh… what is it?" Kagura asked.

Osaka cast a shifty look around the room before opening her backpack. "He he. You'll see." She looked around shadily one more time. Reaching a hand into her backpack she groped around, pulling out a long kitchen knife. The group jumped out of the seats and inched away from the knife-wielding girl.

"What's that for?" Chiyo-chan asked, her voice quavering with fear. She wouldn't be surprised if Osaka suddenly leaped out and slashed them all.

Sakaki started shaking. She hated pointy things. All they ever did was cause pain. And blood. She shook harder as she thought of the red stuff. Blood was even worse.

Osaka looked at the knife and turned her head back towards the group. "This?"

"No… your school uniform… What do you think!" a frightened Yomi sarcastically asked Osaka.

Osaka laughed her creepy little laugh before answering. "Mr. Kimura of course. We were going to kill him right? I tried to get a gun but I didn't know where to find one."

The jaws of the girls dropped to floor. What the heck was Osaka thinking?

"Miss. Osaka? We don't need to worry about him anymore. He can't go remember?" Chiyo-chan reminded the psychotic girl.

"Yeah. We have Ms. Kurosawa," Kagura added.

Osaka looked at the blade of the knife one more time before thrusting it back into her bag. "Oh. Well, it always pays to be prepared. That's what Chiyo-chan always says."

The group stared at Osaka in astonishment. Osaka was really something.

"Say… who's our other chaperone? We can't just have one right?" asked Kagura as she thought of the school's multiple teachers. "Who doesn't have a group?"

Tomo strolled over to Kagura and whacked her on the head. "Chaperone? We don't need no stinkin' chaperone! I for one will enjoy having one chaperone. Tomo Takino can't be watched by one single person! She needs a whole army!"

"That is why I will be going with you," a disgruntled Yukari cut in, appearing out of nowhere. "Here I was, looking forward to enjoying a week without any Tomo and I end up having to baby-sit her! The only good thing is that I'll get paid extra."

Yomi chuckled as Tomo looked at Yukari with loathing. She would have expected the 'great Tomo Takino' to have become used to these insults. Certainly 4 years was enough. Maybe she does have feelings, she thought, but quickly dismissed it as she noticed Tomo asking Osaka for the knife.

"Hey guys! We should have a sleepover at my house tonight! Then we can all wake up and go together!" Chiyo-chan suggested with a huge excited smile on her face.

Tomo turned around quickly, giving Chiyo-chan the thumbs up. "Yeah!" Apparently she had forgotten about stabbing Yukari.

"Come with your baggage as soon as possible ok? We'll have so much fun!"

Knock knock

The sound of someone knocking reached Chiyo-chan's ears as she fluffed up pillows and tidied her house up.

"Coming!" she yelled as she walked to the door. She pulled it open and waved to the girl standing outside. "Hi Sakaki! You're the first one here so you can just hang out while the other girls arrive."

The tall girl nodded and stepped into Chiyo-chan's house. She set her bag lightly on the floor and started making her way to the back door.

"I'll wait with Mr. Tadakichi…" Sakaki said dreamily as she eyed the dog. Her surroundings were soon forgotten as she entered a state of bliss.

Chiyo's next guests arrived much more loudly.

"This house is huge!"

"Yeah! Chiyo's loaded!"

"I still can't get over how big it is."

"What is it like on the inside?"

"What do you think? It's HUGE!"

"I wonder if she has a leprechaun…"

"Can you buy those?"

"Of course not! Don't be stupid!"

"But it's Chiyo-chan! She's has mad cash! She can buy anything!"

"Right… I bet she has a Chupacabra too…"

"Really? Man… that Chiyo-chan sure has a lot of stuff…"

Chiyo-chan approached the door and opened it with a mixture of happiness and annoyance on her face. Tomo, Yomi, Osaka, and Kagura stood on the other side and walked in, their bags getting in their way.

Kagura looked up at the ceiling, a crystal chandelier hanging from it. Her eyes grew big as she took in the detail of the crystals. "Whoa…" she muttered as her mouth fell open.

"Whatcha looking at?" Tomo asked, her gaze following Kagura's. Her face took on the same expression of Kagura's as she noticed the chandelier. Osaka and Yomi also looked up, their mouths falling open in the same way.

30 seconds passed, a minute, 2 minutes.

The odd silence was broken by another knock on the door. Casting a look at the four girls staring at her chandelier, Chiyo-chan opened the front door once again.

"Miss Kurosawa! Miss Yukari! Hi!"

At the sound of Yukari's name, Tomo whipped around. "What? What are they doing here?"

"Oh pipe down. We're chaperones remember? Chiyo-chan invited us so we could keep watch on all of you. You especially." Yukari gave Tomo an evil laugh. "We also need to make sure we catch the plane tomorrow morning. If we miss it we need to pay for more tickets. I'm already poor enough as it is."

Chiyo-chan nodded politely as she led her guests into a large sitting area. "I made some ramen and tea and it should be done soon. Please take a seat and wait." She smiled as she walked through the door.

Tomo, Yukari, and Osaka plopped themselves on the floor around the table. Kagura, Yomi, and Miss Kurosawa did the same, hesitating slightly. The size of the house had a strange authority about it, as if you needed to be just as rich to be there.

Chiyo-chan walked in with a pot of tea and 8 cups. Sakaki (who Chiyo had run into on the way to the kitchen) followed silently behind with the ramen, bowls, and chopsticks. They set their trays and the table as Chiyo-chan smiled widely and said, "Dig in!"

An hour later, everyone was much sleepier after filling their bellies.

"That was delicious Chiyo-chan!" Miss Kurosawa exclaimed to the young girl.

Chiyo-chan bowed in thanks. "Family recipe! It's been handed down through generations."

"Blah blah blah. Thanks for your uplifting story Chihuahua. Now… time for the SCARY STORIES!" Tomo jumped from her spot, grabbing a flashlight out of nowhere and turning off one light.

Sakaki walked out of the room in hopes of finding Mr. Tadakichi. This was one thing she would have no part of. The rest of the group turned out the other lights and sat down by Tomo. Chiyo-chan shook nervously. No one had told a story and she was already freaked out.

Yukari pumped her arm in the air. "Haha! Yes! I'm the supreme ruler of scary stories! I'll own you all!"

Kurosawa rolled her eyes. There went Yukari, always trying to be the best at everything. Then again… there had been that one summer. Yukari had scared everyone. She had been the only person to get any sleep. Kurosawa settled down, more interested in this. Yukari's story would be one worth hearing.

Tomo turned off the last light and shone the flashlight into her face, producing an eerie, sinister glow on her face. She grinned evily as she said her next words.

"Let the fright-fest begin!"

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>. Sorry! Sorry! I know this chapter took forever but I had this little trip to go on. I worked on the chapter a little bit there (we brought the laptop I work on) but it was hard to write. Imagine trying to write with 6-8 11-12 year old boys (I'm 13) playing Xbox in your hotel room. Impossible to concentrate! Also, the next chapter will just be scary stories, maybe a little bit of them trying to get to sleep. I'll have fun with that chapter XP