Well now isn't this a surprise? I know that I said that I wouldn't update this story until I finished the other one, but I just couldn't help it since it fell into the Halloween holiday. Hope you enjoy it and that I'm not losing my touch...Thanks to Hellblazer, ShiningShadow187, Anime-Obsessive, Musei Kage, and Ayuka-chan for letting me use your characters in this story. You'll be seeing them in the next chapter hopefully! Also thanks to all my reviewers, you know I love you! Keep them coming!
I don't own anything except for my own characters...
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Chapter 7: Tricks but No Treats
Weeks flew by without any incidents for the exception of the small encounter with a couple of Radicals that tried to get Ozuma and Kumiko. They were taken out easily enough, obviously not knowing who they were dealing with. Everyone figured that they were inexperienced because Kadin was lacking in members. The Haraguchi mansion was currently putting up Halloween decorations, which was only a week away. They had yet to decide what to wear for the school dance.
"So Miko-chan, what do you plan on dressing up as for the dance?" Mariam asked, putting up fake spider webs at some corners of the large room.
"More like her and Tala-kun. You know they always pair up for the contest," Salima remarked putting some fake spiders around the webs and hung some from the ceiling.
"What Tala-kun and I are dressing up as is a surprise. Right Tala-kun?" Kumiko asked looking over at her companion who was helping her empty and carve pumpkins.
"Hai. All of you are gonna have to wait and see us at the dance," Tala replied with a smile and wink. He scooped out all of the pumpkin's insides and was currently trying to decide what to carve. He looked over to Kumiko and saw that she was doing some complex carving that she was almost finished with.
"Well that doesn't help any of us. What if we dress up the same as you guys," Ray asked who was working on a scarecrow with Max and Mariah.
"How about we all just let Miko-chan decide what we should be for Halloween and just do the costumes ourselves?" Tyson suggested, stopping for a minute to look at his skeleton painting.
"That's not a bad idea, Tyson. Since Miko-chan and Tala-kun seem to be the best here, they would suggest the best for us," Karen said, agreeing with her boyfriend. She set aside her finished black cat painting.
"I don't know you guys. I mean don't you want to dress however you want?" Kumiko slightly protested.
"We will be dressing up the way we want after you two tell us what we should be," Midori reasoned with a smirk. Everyone agreed to what she said and looked expectantly at the two carving pumpkins. Kumiko and Tala looked at everyone and then looked at each other then sighed.
"Fine, we'll do it, but we don't want to hear any comments or complaints on what we suggest," Kumiko said with a slight warning tone in her voice. Everyone nodded their heads in agreement, knowing that whatever they decide on they would like it anyway. They went back to what they were doing but were listening attentively to hear what they had to say. "Alright, well Naomi-chan could be an Arabian like dancer," Kumiko suggested first. Naomi had a certain twinkle in her eyes and nodded in agreement.
"The perfect devil would be Johnny," Tala said with a smirk. The said red head just huffed but didn't say anything more.
"Salima-chan too," Kumiko added on and Salima just smiled.
"Hai and Ian could be the grim reaper since he doesn't really like to dress up that much," Tala suggested to the said boy.
"Damn straight I don't," Ian huffed and went back to constructing his special effects for the outside of the house. Everyone just chuckled, knowing the reason he was going was because of Kumiko and Midori.
"I think Ozuma-kun would make a great pirate," Kumiko stated with a thoughtful expression.
"And Mariam-chan would make a lovely Cleopatra," Tala said with a smile and winked at the said girl who returned the gesture.
"And I think Hotaru-chan would make an awesome Medusa but don't take it offensively," Kumiko said with a sheepish look. Hotaru just nodded, actually liking the idea.
"Kenny could be an old school gangster," Tala joked with a smile. "And Sophie-chan would make a beautiful fairy," he added.
"Rei-kun has got to be a ninja and Mariah-chan had said she wanted to be a witch this year so..." Kumiko trailed off to look at the pink haired girl who nodded enthusiastically.
"I bet Max could pull off being a headless horseman and Julie-chan would be a cute Tinkerbelle," Tala said and looked at his almost complete pumpkin.
"Karen would be a fabulous princess," Kumiko said with a smile. "Kai already knows what he's gonna be," she added and winked at her boyfriend. Kai looked away from her, trying to hide his blush. "Midori would make a great fallen angel and Kane would be a handsome knight," she concluded. Tala nodded in agreement and both went back to their carving.
"Hey, what about me?" Tyson whined, noticing that they hadn't suggested anything to him.
"A jester," Tala and Kumiko replied simultaneously. Both looked at each other with amused expressions. They obviously had the same idea. Everyone chuckled at Tyson's shocked and mock hurt face.
"So does that mean that you guys think I'm funny?" Tyson asked, trying to save himself.
"Iie. It means that you are a baka," Kai replied with a smirk. Tyson's face defaulted and everyone else laughed good-naturedly. He huffed and went back to his painting.
"Your carvings are so complex Miko-chan. I can hardly tell what the designs are," Midori commented, finished putting up strings and crepe paper. She stood next to the said girl and tried to decipher the designs. "What are they?" she asked, giving up on making them out herself.
"You guys wanna see?" Kumiko asked in response. She looked around the room and noticed that everyone was curious and wanted to know what she was doing. She placed a candle in each pumpkin and lit one of them up. Everyone was amazed at the shadows dancing on the walls. They saw two phoenixes and noticed that they were the very phoenixes on Kai's and her's back. They weren't as detailed but everyone could tell it was the same. Kumiko blew out the candle and lit the next one, which showed a wolf and a butterfly. She continued on like this and everyone noticed that she did everyone's tattoo and carved them along with their significant other. Everyone smiled at her and she returned the gesture. "A tribute to you guys," she simply explained. Everyone continued on with what they were doing and in no time at all, the Haraguchi mansion looked like a haunted house itself.
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"Have you gotten the information I sent you out for?" a figure asked the slightly nervous boy in front of him. He had that kind of effect on people except for a certain group of people that he despised.
"H-hai, I did," the boy stuttered, handing his leader a file. He took it and scanned over it, a smirk crossing his features.
"We can use this bit to our advantage. Good work. You may go," he said and dismissed the relieved messenger. As the boy was leaving, another person came into the office. He raised an eyebrow at seeing the leader of the Radicals smirking, satisfaction on his face.
"Kadin?" the newcomer called out, unsure of Kadin's intentions.
"Jake, I think we may have a way to stop those Dark Shadows," Kadin informed his right hand man. Jake quirked an eyebrow and approached his friend. He wondered if this plan would work because all of their past plans failed. The Dark Shadows were crafty and managed to attack and slip back into the shadows unnoticed. Not to mention their leader was a mastermind and was his daughter.
"What is it?" Jake questioned, peering at the file on Kadin's desk. He quirked an eyebrow. "A flier?"
"Not just any flier Jake. It's a flier from a certain high school that a certain group goes to," Kadin explained with an evil smirk.
"So what's the plan then?" Jake questioned with slightly narrowed eyes.
"Glad you asked. This Halloween dance of theirs will be the perfect opportunity," Kadin responded with a darkened expression.
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"It's not so bad," Mariam commented to the so far small group. The only ones that had arrived were herself, Ozuma, Mariah, Rei, Max, and Julie. They were currently in the gym of their school for the annual Halloween dance. Each was in their costumes and was waiting for the others to arrive.
"Yeah but everyone knows that last year was the best in school history because Miko-chan got Evanescence to perform that night," Mariah stated. True to her promise, she was dressed as a witch. Her dress had one-inch straps and ended her knees but was jaggedly cut. There were sheer black arm length sleeves that just flowed from the straps. She had on net stockings with black-heeled shoes. Leaving her hair down, she had on a regular witch's hat. She had black eye liner with dark gray eye shadow and black earring.
"Last year was awesome though," Max commented. He was a headless horseman as Tala had suggested, and did he look it. He wore an old English outfit, which was blue and white, and instead of his head there was a pumpkin with an evil face carving on it. With some help from Ian, he was able to make a replica of his own head and had it tucked under his left arm. Next to him was Julie who was in her Tinkerbelle outfit down to the slippers and small glittering wings. Her hair was tied up in a bun with some loose strands framing her face.
"Do you guys know when the others are coming?" Rei asked curiously. He was in a regular black ninja costume with an actual kodachi strapped to his back. He put his hair in a black cloth instead of the usual white. He had a face covering that covered all except for his eyes but it was off for the moment. Mariam shrugged her shoulders, not knowing when the others would arrive. She was in her Cleopatra costume, a white Egyptian wrap dress that dragged on the floor a bit with a golden sash around her waist. She had on a gold coiled snake armlet and headpiece and gold bracelets. There was a long sash-like white cloth that came from her shoulder that had that large gold necklace and connected to her bracelets, letting excess fall down.
"I'm sure they'll be coming soon," Ozuma stated in his pirate costume. He truly looked liked one with his white three quarter sleeve shirt that had jagged ends on it. He wore a black lace vest and a red sleeveless coat that ended above his knees. He wore black pants that were being held up by a black gold buckle belt and black boots. A sword in its sheath on his left side, a dagger on his right, a black eye patch on his left eye, a striped bandana that was tied on the right side of his head and his regular gold earring in his left ear completed his look.
"I can't believe you guys actually dragged me here," a voice mumbled from behind the group. They turned around and saw everyone else except for Kai, Kumiko, Tala, and Hotaru. Ian was dressed as the grim reaper, scythe and all. Midori was a fallen angel in a full-length black long sleeve dress that flared slightly. There was a low neckline with a black sash wrapped around her torso. On her back there were small bat like wings and around her neck was a black cloth choker with a silver charm dangling down. Her hair had black highlights and was pulled up with two black bands and she had on black shoes.
"Chill out Ian, it's out last year here so we should make it count," Salima said in her devil outfit. She had on a red strapless dress that ended at mid thigh with splits on both sides. She also had on red knee high boots, red gloves that went pass the elbows, and leaving her hair down, she had horns and a tail. Johnny was in his so-called devil costume that only consisted of a red shirt and baggy red pants with devil horns, a tail, a red fork staff, and a red and black cloak. Naomi was in a lavender Arabian like dancer get up with silver linings. Her pants were practically hanging off her hips and she had on lavender slippers. She put her curled up hair up with a headpiece and a veil hung from it covering half her face. She had on silver armlets and bracelets and hanging from her hips was a silver chain with charms dangling from it.
"Man I'm hungry! Where's all the food?" Tyson grumbled, looking around for the refreshment stand. He was in his medieval jester costume that had purple and green patterns. He had on a three-pointed hat and pointed shoes with bells attached at the tips. Karen shook her head at her boyfriend in her medieval like princess get up. Her low neckline baby blue dress was chiffon like with many layers. Her long sleeves flared out at her elbows and her hair was down with the occasional curl and a headpiece that matched her dress. Kenny was in a black pinstripe suit with a white hat and tie on. He had a fake uzi strapped on his left shoulder. Sophie was in her faery blue chiffon like dress that had baby blue and white sheer like layers that were jagged at the bottom and ended above her knees. She had sheer like jagged cap sleeves and her hair was done in a messy bun and on her back were glittering wings. Kane was dressed as a knight, a blue tunic with brown pants and boots along with gloves and a cloak. Strapped to his side was a sheathed sword.
"So any ideas on how Tala-kun and Miko-chan will dress up as?" Karen asked the large group.
"We already got a bet going on. I bet they a hundred bucks that they come as something dark," Ian said with a smug look under his hood. Others nodded in agreement.
"I bet they're gonna do something sappy," Johnny said with a snort. Some were a bit skeptical.
"You'd be surprised Johnny-kun," a new voice said from behind them. They all turned to see Hotaru standing there along with Kai. She was wearing a black Greek like wrap that was similar to Mariam's outfit. She had the black cloth sash that went from her shoulder straps to her ankles. There was a long black sash that was tied below her breasts and a golden snake armlet on her right arm. Her headpiece had some snakes on it and her hair was in small braids and she wore black-heeled shoes. Kai was behind her in a Zorro outfit, mask, hat, sword, and all.
"So where are they?" Mariah asked looking for the two missing. Everyone was glancing around as well wondering where they were. Unknown to them, Tala and Kumiko were already behind them hidden in the shadows with smirks on their faces.
"What's the worry? Were right here," Kumiko said in a slightly icy tone. Everyone turned around and nearly froze on the spot if it hadn't been for the amused twinkle in their eyes. Both Kumiko and Tala were vampires, looking pretty realistic, especially Tala since he had a pale complexion. He was wearing a white shirt and vest. He on a black jacket and had a red sash from his left shoulder going across his chest and black pants. He had a black cloak that had red satin on the inside and he had a pair of sunglasses that had fallen low on his nose. Kumiko was wearing an all black dress that had a slit on the left side that went all the way up past the mid thigh. She had off the shoulder long sleeves that connected to silver rings on her middle fingers. Her nails were painted black and most of her make up was like Mariah's, dark. Her hair was done up in a French twist with excess from the clip sprouting out and strand that was framing the left side of her face. With a pair of dangling black earrings and black strap heels, she was done.
"Wow. You two look great," Karen complimented with an amazed look. Kumiko and Tala smirked, showing their teeth. They had fangs that actually looked like the real thing. Ian nudged Johnny and held out his hand.
"Pay the man!" Ian said with a smug look. Johnny grumbled and took out his wallet and fished out a hundred dollar bill and shoved it into his hand. The two vampires raised eyebrows at this but shrugged it off.
"So did you guys enter the contest?" Max asked curiously.
"Of course we did. We saw some of the other contestants and they don't stand a ghost of a chance," Kumiko said with a smug expression. The others nodded in agreement, knowing they always won ever since the Halloween dance started.
"Well now that we're all here, why don't we try to enjoy ourselves until the end of the contest and then head out to a real Halloween party," Mariah said excitedly. The others nodded in agreement once more and set off. The first thing they did was take pictures, then couples and some singles. First there was the whole group together, then girls, then boys. Next were couples, with significant others and such. Kumiko took a picture with Kai first then Tala. Lastly were singles who were Mariah, Naomi, Mariam, Ozuma, Max, and Tyson. After all that they went separate ways, some to the dance floor and some to the refreshments stand.
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"Have they noticed anything yet?" a voice called in his earpiece microphone.
"Not as far as I can see Kadin," someone responded.
"Good. Make sure they don't," Kadin replied back with an evil smirk. They were currently waiting outside Anami High School while some undercovers were inside at the dance. Kadin thought this was the perfect opportunity to get them but Jake was still skeptical.
'I still don't think this will work. The Dark Shadows would never be unarmed or unaware. Plus all those guys Kadin sent in are bakas,' Jake thought to himself. He thought this was a bad idea to begin with but he didn't voice that to Kadin. He would just sit back and see what would happen tonight.
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"Sounds like they're trying to replay last year's dance by putting on Evanescence," Kumiko commented with a smirk as she heard a particular song she loved. She looked at Kai with a smirk and an evil glint in her eyes as 'My Last Breath' came on. She quickly grabbed his hand and dragged him toward where Tala and some of the others were dancing. She began to dance and her eyes flashed with a slight challenging look toward the others. They met her challenge and began to dance in rhythm with the music.
Hold onto me love
You know I can't stay long
All I wanted to say was
I love you and I'm not afraid
Can you hear me?
Can you feel me in your arms?
Kai brought Kumiko closer to him as they kept dancing to the beat. He kept his eyes solely on her as they danced, her to him.
Holding my last breath
Safe inside myself
Are all my thoughts of you?
Sweet raptured light
It ends here tonight
Kumiko saw odd movement at the corner of her eye and instincts immediately kicked in. She narrowed her eyes a bit but kept up dancing as if not noticing anything. Kai noticed the sudden change but didn't want to ask her, not wanting to draw attention.
I'll miss the winter
A world of fragile things
Look for me in the white forest
Hiding in a hollow tree (come and find me)
I know you hear me
I can taste it in your tears
'So those Radicals think they can ambush us on our own territory? I don't think so. Soon the hunters will be the hunted,' Kumiko thought, smirking to herself while quickly formulating a plan. It was obvious to her that they didn't think she noticed them. They were dead wrong when she saw one of them show off their tattoo to oblivious ditzy blonds. (no offensive)
Holding my last breath
Safe inside myself
Are all my thoughts of you?
Sweet raptured light
It ends here tonight
Closing your eyes to disappear
You pray your dreams will leave you here
But still you wake and know the truth
No one's there
Say goodnight
Don't be afraid
Calling me calling me as you fade to black...
"Hoped you all enjoyed that. Trying to bring back memories of the previous year where our very own Kumiko Haraguchi got the real Evanescence here," the DJ announced. He resumed his job and put on some up beat song. Not long after, the costume contest got under way. All the contestants were called to the temporary stage. Tala and Kumiko stood in line among the other four-paired contestants.
"Alright! Let's get this contest started. I'm Junior Class President Fumiyo and in charge of all the dances for this year. Now let's introduce our contestants here," Fumiyo stated, gesturing toward the ten teens on the raised platform. There were a pair of pirates but not as good as Ozuma, Frankenstein and his bride, and Egyptian queen and her slave, a pretty decent sultan and a belly dancer, and of course Tala and Kumiko, the vampires. "Our judges were walking around the crowd looking at our contestants here and have made a decision," Fumiyo began as everyone waited to see who won. Many already had a feeling who won, no doubt that it would be the winners of the previous contests. Someone passed Fumiyo an envelope, which she took and opened. "Well this is no surprise. The winners are our Halloween costume champions Tala Valkyrie and Kumiko Haraguchi!" Fumiyo announced loudly. Everyone broke out into applause as a black and sliver headpiece was placed on their heads. "Now as tradition, they will share a dance. Arigato to the other contestants and better luck next year. Literally because our champs will be graduating this year," she announced to everyone as they made their way toward the dance floor. The DJ put on a slow song so Tala and Kumiko had to slow dance in front of everyone. Kumiko rested her head on his shoulder, her face in the crook of his neck.
"Tala-kun," Kumiko whispered getting his attention.
"Nani?" Tala responded moving his head slightly to see her. He nearly stopped when he saw the seriousness in her eyes.
"They're here," Kumiko mumbled in a low growl. Tala's eyes narrowed by a mere fraction at what she said. He closed his eyes, appearing to be enjoying the moment of the dance, but he really was wondering what Kumiko wanted to do about the sudden intrusion of the Radicals.
"Have something in mind?" Tala questioned quickly without much movement. He felt her nod her head in the slightest movement possible. They just kept on dancing until the song was over, then an up beat one came on and then everyone started dancing again. Tala and Kumiko made their way to the large group who were all waiting to leave. Before they left though, they saw the slight glare that Kumiko and Tala sent to them and they knew instantly that there was some sort of trouble brewing somewhere. Fully aware, the gang went on as if oblivious and scattered everywhere going to every possible exit. They were able to target all of the insiders and figured there were plenty more on the outside. Kumiko, Kai, and Tala were the only ones that were going through the main exit while the others found their own exit.
"I'm driving," Kumiko said while taking her keys from Kai.
"Which car did you two take?" Kai questioned with a curious glance.
"Hers," Tala simply said with a smirk. Kai's eyes widened a bit but shook off the surprise. They made their way out the gym fully aware that there were some Radicals following. They were so intent in getting them that they didn't even realize that the whole group wasn't together. Once the trio got outside, however, they blended in with the shadows perfectly, wearing nearly all black except for Tala who had to duck behind Kai a bit. When they saw the Radicals that were tailing them come out and were trying to find them, they quietly sneaked up behind them and knocked them out with a single hit to their necks.
"Bakas," Kumiko muttered while taking a quick glance around. There weren't any Radicals waiting on school grounds but she knew they were waiting outside the school. They quickly made their way toward Kumiko's Skyline and got in. She started up the engine and they were off, Kumiko speeding away.
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"What the fuck just happened?" Kadin barked to his men. His men undercover weren't responding to his calls, figuring they were discovered and knocked out. Jake stood off to the side, as if expecting this were to happen. Just then they saw bright headlights coming towards them and fast. They stared wide-eyed as they were able to see the passengers and driver who just winked at them and drove off.
"It was that Shadow bitch!" one guy just yelled out after the shock.
"No shit! After her!!" Kadin yelled getting into his car. Everyone followed after him in their own cars and bikes in hot pursuit.
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"So Kadin's not so dumb after all," Ozuma commented with an amused smirk. He was currently driving with Mariam, Ian, Johnny, and Hotaru in his car. Right behind was Rei who was driving, Mariah, Tyson, Karen, and Naomi. They were currently speeding away from a good number of Radicals. They drove into a nearly secluded part of the town. When it was clear that there weren't any people around, Tyson, Karen, Naomi, Ian, and Johnny began shooting at the pursuing cars. Glass was shattered as well as a good few tires were blown out by accurate shooting on Tyson and Karen's part. They retreated back inside when the Radicals began firing back. They didn't have much luck though as the glass was bullet proof on Rei's and Ozuma's cars. When there was a slight cease in firing, Tyson and Karen took that opportunity to bust their tires. When they finished, Ian threw what looked like a small grenade at the raging group behind them that weren't able to follow them anymore. A few seconds later, the grenade exploded along with the cars that were close by it.
"Bakas," everyone seemed to mumble at the same time and just looked at each other with smiles.
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"Those Radicals were too easy," Kane stated with narrow eyes. He was currently in his car with Salima, Kenny, and Midori. They were currently heading back toward the Haraguchi mansion with Julie, Max, and Sophie following them in another car. They easily shot down the tailing Radicals.
"Maybe Kadin's lacking in experienced lackeys," Kenny reasoned, trying to think of possible reasons why such inexperienced Radicals were chasing them.
"Or all the best ones are with Kadin himself and are after the others," Midori voiced in with worry.
"Or more specifically, Miko-chan, Tala-kun, and Kai-kun," Salima stated with worried narrow eyes. At that, Kane sped up, wanting to make sure that everyone was okay. He looked up into the rear view mirror and saw Julie speed up as well, noting the urgency.
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"Kuso! Where did they go?!" Kadin snarled toward the few guys he had with him. The Dark Shadows had been able to bust the tires to most of their cars with only a few shots. They only had a few bikes and two cars currently with them.
"They could be hiding within these alleyways. We're gonna have to keep a sharp eye around here," Jake advised, glancing around. They began to creep around the deserted street, not noticing the two figures hidden in the shadows. If one looked close enough they could see a pair of crimson eyes glowing in the darkness along with the dull glint bouncing off a silver barrel, light provided by little shine the moon gave. Kadin and everyone around him were suddenly dropping to the ground, the tires being shot at. They were trying to find where the shots came from but since they couldn't hear the gunshots, were clueless as to where they came from. Soon all but a car and two bikes were left and there were a good number of them.
"Kuso! That bitch is gonna get it!" Kadin yelled angrily. He began to blindly shoot into the alleyways, hoping to get a hit. There was no such luck as the said girl and her companion left their hiding and went in search of their other companion waiting in her car. They quickly found him and got into the car, making a quick getaway. When they were far away enough the trio busted into fits of laughter unable to contain it.
"Kami, he is so temperamental. I've never seen him lose control like that," Kumiko said with a satisfied expression on her face. Kai was smirking, finally able to see the Radical leader himself. He was actually the one who took out most of the cars while Kumiko was driving. When she planned to take them out hidden in the alleyway, she was the one that was able to nail all the hits. He tagged along as back up and wanted to see Kadin himself.
"Wish I could have been there. Oh well, maybe next time," Tala said with a shrug. They quickly made it back toward the mansion where they noticed that everyone was back already. Parking the car, they made their way toward the den where the others were anxiously waiting. The trio stopped at the nearly closed door when they heard the others talking.
"What do you think happened to them? They never take this long," Mariah said nervously, worry etched in her voice.
"Don't worry about them. They're probably on their way back now, laughing their asses off at how much a baka Kadin is," Mariam reasoned, though she couldn't help but worry a little too.
"Yeah but still. Can't help but worry," Sophie countered.
"You guys have so little faith in us," a voice teased from the doorway. Everyone turned to see Kumiko, Tala, and Kai with smug looks on their faces. Everyone relaxed considerably and wondered why they even doubted them.
"Everyone here and accounted for?" Tala asked, looking around the room. Everyone nodded and he then along with Kai took a seat while Kumiko stood, ready to hear what the others had to report. Before she began, however, someone else made themselves present among the group.
"Otou-san, what are you doing here?" Kumiko questioned looking at her father who was standing in the doorway.
"We have some guests," Ryo responded simply. Then suddenly a little white figure appeared from behind him and shot off toward the unsuspecting girl. Kumiko almost toppled over had she not balanced herself quickly. She looked down to see Kari beaming up at her with a bag almost full of candy in her angel costume. Then next to Ryo, Sho and Yume Hiwatari appeared with amused looks on their faces.
"Hey Kari-chan, have fun trick-or-treating?" Kumiko asked the young girl who let her go when she knelt down to her level. She nodded enthusiastically and everyone smiled at her energetic response.
"How about you? You're all dressed up. Did you go trick-or-treating?" Kari asked innocently with a smile. Kumiko smirked a bit, as did everyone else except for the three adults.
"Oh you could say that we were doing more tricking than getting treats, Kari-chan."
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Well that's that for this chapter. Hoped you liked it and Happy Halloween! Don't forget to review and I'm still taking characters if you're interested in having them in this story.
later, kurai hoshi