There was some confusion on the Thanksgiving and Halloween thing. So let me clear this up. Thanksgiving is always on the second week of October in Canada. Our Halloween is then after our Thanksgiving. I'm sorry that that has caused confusion. Please note that a lot of the dates of holidays will be based on Canadian dates as I live in Canada. I think the American Thanksgiving is after Halloween. Sorry for the confusion!

Now that that's all cleared up, I seemed to have forgotten to mention a few other people in my comments section. I'm really sorry! Please don't kill me! .-

So basically the people who had the Halloween confuzzlement had their questions answered on the first paragraph.

Dark-kunoichi and munchy: Your question is answered above. Sorry for causing that confusion for you guys! I really am. At first I assumed that American and Canadian Thanksgivings were the same. But then it hit me after your reviews.

pei-chan: I'm Canadian too so I watch it on YTV as well. It sucks that they only play 1 episode a week and there's like over 150 episodes. I died watching Friday's episode. THEY CUT OF THE BLOODY HORROR! THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT GOOD! Ahahaha Well not just that. There's other stuff too!

x.Ninja.No.Yuki.x: Thanks! I'm glad you like my other story! The dubbing makes me so mad cause their voices are so monotone!

rinoakes: Yes, yes. MORE NARU/HINA! I shall hold you that promise! Or was that a promise...Wouldn't know. But there will be more Naru/Hina soon. Bwehehehehe

lexy499: Teehee, why was Sasuke mad? I asked him and he wouldn't tell me. I mean, I even offered cookies to him! Who can resist me yummy and delicious cookies!

Sasuke: What do you mean yummy and delicious, it nearly killed the entire cast!

Me: Shut-up, you're just jealous cause you don't know how to cook! Or something...that was lame...

Sasuke: Whatever

Anyways, no one will know why cause Sasuke is secretive like that! And the piss off thing doesn't really have anything to do with the story.

neon kun: Aw shucks, your making me blush. Hehe Thank you very much!

UV Rei: Yep, she was very OOC...but I just couldn't stand it making her always so shy and nervous. So I decided to make her psycho...for a bit

Saico: Thanks for the review! Yes, couldn't that all happen? I'm whacking my brain thinking how to put the stuff in the story. If you think the story is getting stalled, never fear! The er...what's my name again...oh yes, Rachel is here! There will be more of that stuff happening later on in the story.

Bella Lamounier: Erm...I'm flattered someone plagiarized me? Odd...I didn't think this would happen to me...Anyways, thanks for telling me about this. Thank you for reporting it as well, the story has been removed thanks to your help. I read the story and a lot of the stuff in it seemed to be out of my story. The person who did this please know that I hate people who plagiarize off other people's work. Again, thank you times a bazillion plus a thousand of my hugs. Hope you enjoy the rest of my story!

kagura Look-alike: I'm not sure what you meant by that so I'm going to a guess. Was that about the rain and thunder?

Simplistic Complications: I asked my friend and he said that the American Thanksgiving is after Halloween while the Canadian Thanksgiving is before Halloween. I of course knew that the Canadian Thanksgiving was before Halloween but stupid me made the assumption that the American one was like that too. So that caused confusion. –whacks self in head-

Woohoo! I had at least 20 reviews for this chapter! Thank you guys so much! Cookies for all! (They so do not kill! So there Sasuke!)

Man I love that Rickards commercial. You know the one with the opera singing people about the beer. Teehee

Now enjoy the show!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto so blah.


Aren't You too Old for Halloween? Part II

Recap

"N-Naruto-kun..." she began. "DON'T FREAKIN SCARE ME LIKE THAT YOU HEAR!"

"So...how do we get this stuff on the wall?"

"Fling the bucket of fake blood on the walls?"

"No, that'll just waste the stuff."

"You're right...then what do we do?" asked a exasperated Ino.

"How about use paint brushes and slap it on and then take globs of it and fling it at the walls."

"Well, at least Sasuke-kun and the others are doing the ripping and bloodying the heads and not me."

Sakura kept working and working and working until she heard footsteps. Her head shot up in surprise.

"Eh? Ino and the others are done already?"

The footsteps were heading in her direction of course. But then they stopped. In that instant that they stopped. The lights had flickered off. The power had shut down.

Quiet snickers and laughter was unheard by the others. Only 3people could hear it and it was the people who were laughing.

"Let operation scare the girls and Naruto begin." the boy snickered evilly.

Now onward with the show!

Screams were echoing through the gym as the entire area was plunged into darkness.

It was actually quite funny if it wasn't supposed to be scary. You know how when a girl is scared she jumps into the arms of a boy and then he carries her off bridal style to safety? I could say the same about Naruto and Hinata…only that wasn't what had happened.

When the lights shut off Naruto immediately screamed, ran towards Hinata, who knows how the heck he knew where she was in the dark, and then jumped into her arms.

"N-Naruto-kun!" Hinata gasped as she fell to the ground because of Naruto's weight.

"A-ah! Hinata-chan! I'm so sorry!" Naruto said as he quickly jumped up from her um grasp. But it really wasn't a grasp because she couldn't grasp him because of his weight and she couldn't really catch him so he kinda fell on the floor so he didn't exactly jump up from Hinata's arms.

"Are you okay Hinata-chan?" he asked with concern.

Hinata nodded. But since they were both in darkness, Naruto couldn't see her head nod.

"Y-yes…" she stammered.

"Good!" Naruto grinned.

Naruto-kun jumped into my arms! Why couldn't I have been stronger to catch him?

"I think we might have to find the others."

"Yeah…"

"Might as well get going now! Come on!" Naruto gestured towards her extending a hand so she could reach it. As soon as she got up a revving sound was heard.

"W-what's that sound Na-Naruto-kun…?" Hinata whispered to him.

"I'm not sure but it's closing in fast."

As soon as he finished that sentence something flew out waving a chainsaw in the air. (Can ya guess who? Haha) Since Hinata was holding Naruto's hand, she shrieked right into his ear. He was now pretty sure he was permanently deaf in one ear.

The man with the chain saw was wildly swinging it around and was starting to walk towards the frightened pair. He was wearing a hockey mask so Naruto and Hinata could not make out who it was (Was that Freddy Cougar or Jason X? I'm pretty sure it was Jason X). Suddenly he stopped. Naruto and Hinata felt relieved but the relief was cut short when the man charged towards them.

Naruto and Hinata were glued to the floor in fear. They wanted to run but couldn't.

I can't move! Move dammit! Naruto kept screaming inside his head over and over.

Hinata whimpered beside him and hid her face in his arm.

I need to protect Hinata-chan! Even if I'm really scared and want to pee in my pants.

In a second Naruto put Hinata behind him and charged towards the man with the chainsaw ready to fight and protect the girl behind him.


"Freakin piece of shit. Crap, crap, crap!" muttered Sakura as she blindly felt her way through the maze.

"These stupid dolls are making everything else more scarier. Just look at them, looking so innocent and stony looking."

What the hell am I doing talking to myself.

Sakura shivered as thought she felt a pair of eyes on her. It better not be those freakish dolls. Stopping, she turned around half expecting it to be the dolls eyes.

"Yeesh I'm getting paranoid." Sakura started to walk again but this time she was so sure someone was following her. She stopped and looked around. Her heart was beating faster than normal; her hands were getting sweaty and cold.

"I am not scared. I repeat I am not scar-" A bloodied severed rabbit's head was dropped in front of her face.

"KYAAAAAA!" Sakura started to run. More and more severed heads were dropping on the sides of the walls. She could hear evil laughs in the background. Sakura was so scared; tears were starting to well up in her eyes. Running blindly she bumped into someone or something. The someone or something was holding up a severed and ripped rabbits head. It looked like it was beaten and hacked at plus it had a foul stench emanating from it.

Sakura stared at it. Her eyes were growing bigger by the second. Slowly she took a few steps back. She screamed again, turned around and started to run. Before she could even run any farther from the thing and its severed rabbit's head the thing grabbed her arm.

Out of reflex Sakura kicked and elbowed the thing. It groaned and cried out in pain.

I know that voice…

Sakura shrugged the thought off and continued to run…for her life.


"Okay…that was just plain weird." said Tenten nervously. Both she and Ino had screamed in surprise when the lights had gone off instantly.

"Do you think everyone else is okay?" asked Ino quietly.

"I don't know. But it's best if we stay here so we don't get lost in this maze."

"Plus we won't lose each other."

"Right."

"So what do we do? Wait for the lights to come back on?"

"I don't know."

Silence filled the air. Well there was silence until a sound cut through it.

"Tenten…do you hear that?"

"Here what?" she asked the blond.

"That. It's like someone's singing."

Tenten focused onto the quiet and indeed it wasn't quiet anymore. There was indeed music…and singing.

"It sounds like…"

"A child." finished Ino.

Both of them stiffened. I mean what could be creepier than freakish child singing? (You know like those scary nursery rhyme singing stuff in scary movies.) A thump and a whack was heard.

"Dammit, if it's one of the guys I'm so going to kill them." muttered Tenten. Ino grunted in agreement. In a flash something was wedged in the wall behind them in between their faces.

"What was that!" screamed Ino.

"I don't know!"

A faint chuckle was heard.

"Are you scared?" a voice drawled out dripping with evil.

"Wh-who are you!" yelled Tenten.

"Are you scared?" the voice asked again.

The music was now getting louder. Each time it become louder shivers shot through their spines.

There was a laugh. Then a shriek coming from Ino.

"Ino-chan!" screamed Tenten in panic.

Ino was in the grasp of the man. A large knife was now at her throat. She was whimpering and pleading the man to let her go.

"P-please let me go!" she cried. Tenten stood their frozen not knowing what to do. Her friend was in trouble but she was too scared to move and save her friend.

The man smirked and tightened his grip on the frightened blond.

"I'm having fun." he said. He brought the knife closer to her throat as if he wanted to slowly glide it across her neck and slice it.

"P-please just let me go. I don't want to die!" she whimpered.

In that moment Tenten made up her mind. She was going to save her friend no matter what! In such speed no other person could match she ran to her friend and kicked the man hard. Very hard…where it hurt most…

The man cried out in surprise fell on the floor and started to roll around on the floor holding onto where Tenten had kicked. Pants and groans of "troublesome" "stupid Tenten" and "bad idea" was heard.

Ino had run over to Tenten and was now on the floor hugging her knees in shock and fear.

A vein was popping in Tenten's head. Okay well no a vein but 10 veins no 20 no a billion veins! She recognized that voice now.

"Shi-ka-ma-ru." she said with a deadly aura around her.


Naruto went to punch the man but he dodged it easily. Again Naruto did a series of kicks and punches but it all didn't seem to work. Panting he bent over catching his breath. Too bad he did that because the man with the chainsaw had just made his way to where Hinata was standing.

I hope Hiashi-san won't get mad at me for doing this. I just hope Hinata doesn't tell him!

The man with the chainsaw took a mighty swing to pretend hack at her arm. Naruto was watching all of this and ran towards her before the man could get to hack her and instead it hit him.

Naruto fell to the ground clutching his severed arm. Hinata rushed towards him in panic and worry.

Thinking that he was going to die, he wanted to tell Hinata something before he went.

"Hinata-chan," he whispered. "I lo-" He was cut off when the lights suddenly came back on.

Naruto and Hinata were shocked. Both of them shut their eyes immediately. The sudden brightness was hurting their eyes. Slowly they opened their eyes getting used to the light. When their vision finally cleared they looked at the man with the chainsaw. He had a mask on so they couldn't tell who it was but his hair was long. Almost as along as Neji's…wait a minute! His hair was just like Neji's!

"Hey! My arm's okay!"

"Ne-Neji?" Hinata asked stuttering.

"Crap."


"I didn't think she'd take it this hard…" said Sasuke as he walked out of the gym carrying Sakura bridal style once again and laid her on the bench in front of the gym doors.

After Sakura beat him, which hurt, she had run trying to get away from him. But before she could get far another severed rabbit dropped down in front of her. But this time it was bloodier than the rest and it looked as if its guts and intestines were ripped out and that the intestine was wrapped around the rabbit's head. She had screamed and fainted onto the floor with a soft thud.

Sasuke heard a thud and ran to where the sound had come from, finding Sakura on the floor as white as a ghost. He picked her up and quickly walked back to where the lights room was located and switched all the lights back on. Once the lights were on he could now examine the lumps and bruises Sakura left on his body. He groaned in pain when he accidentally touched a bruise and he cursed. He made a mental note on not pissing Sakura off because she could hit hard.

Then he walked towards the entrance of the gym to where he was now. He could now only wait for the others so show up as they had said that if one of them turns on the lights they would meet out at the front.

Sasuke looked at the girl lying on the bench. Thoughts of how to revive her were running through his mind. He lifted his hand and placed it on her cheek, gently caressing her soft silky skin.

So soft…

Sakura moaned as she started to gain consciousness. She felt something stroke her cheek and her eyes snapped open. Sasuke seeing she was awake quickly pulled his hand back in a flash.

"Sa-Sasuke-kun?" she whispered. Her face was now regaining its natural colour. Fear was leaving her body and was being replaced by safety.

Sakura immediately latched herself in Sasuke's arms with her arms around his neck. Both of them fell to the floor with her on top of him. She buried her face into his chest as she cried.

"Sasuke-kun, it was horrible!" she sobbed. "Rabbit heads were popping out every where and they were all bloody and soiled!"

Sasuke was alarmed at what she had done and was now so red it looked like he was going to explode.

"Sakura?"

She hiccoughed and looked at him teary eyed.

"Huh?"

"Um…could you get off me…"

Sakura slowly realized what position they were in. If anybody walked in on them right now they would get the wrong idea on what they were doing.

Forgetting she had cried, Sakura stood up and held up her hand for Sasuke. He grasped her hand and she pulled him up. At that moment screams and angry shouts were heard.

"Oh great…" muttered Sasuke.

"Eh?" wondered Sakura.

A pissed off Tenten and a raging Ino were stomping there way out. The ground shook every time they took a step. Following them was a beaten up, lumpy, bruised and bloody looking Shikamaru who was limping behind them while being dragged by the ear by Ino.

"That was the stupidest thing you guys could do!" screamed Ino into Shikamaru's ears. Tenten smacked him behind the head hard and he winced at the already forming lump she smacked.

Neji, Hinata, and Naruto followed shortly after them. Hinata's face was tear stained and Naruto looked like he was about wet his pants and Neji…his face was as stoic as ever.

"Who's freaking idea was that!" shouted Tenten.

"Sakura-chan!" yelped Ino as she spotted her friend beside Sasuke. "Are you okay! Did these bastards do anything to scare you!"

Sakura narrowed her eyes at Sasuke.

"What do you mean scare me."

"Like bunny heads, knives, blood, chainsaws."

Slowly Sakura's head went up and down. Realization dawned on her. With a mighty swing of her hand, which she balled into a fist, she smacked Sasuke in the head.

"So that was you!" she shrieked.

Sasuke nodded meekly. He was now officially scared. Who knows what Sakura might do to him now that she found out it was he who scared her enough to make her cry!

"Dammit! One of you answer me, whose idea was this!" Tenten shouted with her eyes narrowing.

"Is it yours Naruto?" asked Ino suspiciously. Naruto was known for his pranks so the first person that came to their heads was Naruto's obviously.

"No! I was with you guys!"

"That's true…"

"But maybe he planned it ahead of time!" piped up Sakura.

"Yeah, he probably did!"

"Wait, but honest this time it's not me!" he said solemnly. His face was now serious, trying to prove that it wasn't him.

"I-I believe you Na-Naruto-kun…"

Naruto turned to his side and he smiled at the girl standing beside him and hugged her.

"See! Hinata-chan believes me!"

"Well, if it wasn't Naruto. Who was it." asked Sakura with a hint of impatience in her voice.

"Sasuke and Neji are usually the ones with enough common sense to know not to do this."

All of a sudden all the girls and Naruto's eyes narrowed on the battered looking Shikamaru.

"What?" he asked dumbly.

"It was you wasn't it." hissed Ino with anger.

"You were the one who set this up wasn't it?" asked Tenten.

"You were the one who lead them to do this wasn't it?" Sakura asked joining in.

Shikamaru shrugged. "So what. Your looks were priceless, besides it was all worth it."

Their eyes widened at what he said. He had just said the wrongest things to the girls and Naruto. In an instant they all glared at him and with angry war cries and shouts of "I hate you!" "Go die bastard!" and "You won't live to see your next birthday!" they all hit and punched him again.

Neji and Sasuke watched and slowly backed away hoping they wouldn't see them trying to slip away. Uh oh, too late. Their amazing powerful senses could detect fear and their heads slowly turned to face them both. (Think of the girl's head in the exorcist and how her head turned around. Freaky…)

"Oh shit…" they both said at the same time with fear laced in the words.

Once again beats, punches, groans, panting, and cries of pain could be heard for miles around.


How long had it been since the girls hadn't talked to them? Well except for Naruto they talked to him. It had been officially 2 weeks and they were still mad at them for what they did. They said multiple sorrys and tried to make up for it but still with no prevail. Naruto and Hinata seemed to be the only ones who had forgiven them.

"Arg, this is getting troublesome!" groaned Shikamaru.

"This is getting stupid." said Sasuke as he shielded his eyes from the sun.

"This is your fault Shikamaru." snickered Naruto.

"Oh shut-up Naruto." said Neji rolling his eyes. "You weren't even part of it."

"Well you guys need to make up soon. The carnivals next week. Remember we need to work together for the maze."

The other three nodded. Both the boys and girls had been reminded multiple times to make up. The boys were eager to make up so that they could forget that that had happened but every time the girls were told to make up they would just glare and walk away.

But at least they were almost done the maze right? They were all working on separate sections though.

"Maybe we won't have to say anything and they'll just come here themselves." said Shikamaru.

"I doubt it." said Neji.

"Speak of the devils." muttered Sasuke.

The girls were heading their way walking towards them. Time seemed to slow down as they made their way to them.

Finally, when they made it to them, Sakura spoke up.

"We have decided to forgive you."

The three boys sighed in relief.

"But on one condition." said Ino.

"And what condition is that?" asked Sasuke with a raised eyebrow.

"We know that every year we ask you three to dress up for Halloween but you don't." expalained Tenten.

"So, we will forgive you completely…" began Ino.

"If you dress up in the costumes of our choice." finished Sakura smirking.

"No." stated Neji.

"No?" repeated Tenten.

"No."

"Well, I guess you will never be forgiven."

What choice did they have? If they were never going to be forgiven, which was totally ridiculous, that would mean they could never ask them for help. Not like they needed it. But they did come in handy when the fan girls came in…

"Did you have any say in this Naruto?" asked Shikamaru.

"Nope." The blond replied cheerfully. The costume thing didn't matter to him because he always dressed up in something wacky for Halloween.

"Fine whatever." They said giving in.

"What are you going to make us dress up as?"

The three girls grinned evilly.

"Well, we have a hat right here and in it there are things you could be for Halloween." said Ino.

"You can only pick one though so which ever you get is whatever you will be." explained Tenten.

"Make sure you close your eyes though. No cheating." Sakura said eyeing them.

"What's the dobe and you going to be?"

"Well since our costumes have to match the theme of our haunted house, I mean maze, it will be children related kind of. So, Naruto already decided he would be the mad hatter from Alice in Wonderland." explained Ino.

"Ch suits the dobe."

"Hey! What's that suppose to mean!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"Anyways! Sakura said she wanted to be the wicked witch in Sleeping Beauty, I want to be Dorothy from Wizard of Oz, Tenten's going to be Cinderella, and Hinata will be the teacup mouse in Alice in Wonderland." said Ino.

"Great…" mumbled Shikamaru.

"If you guys want our forgiveness, hurry up and stick your hand in the hat." ordered Sakura.

Reluctantly, the three boys pulled out a slip of paper with words on it that would make them shrivel up in horror. Slowly and with eyes tightly shut, they opened the slip of paper.

"Freakin." started Shikamaru

"Piece." came Neji.

"Of shit." ended Sasuke.

All three of them stared at the piece of paper dumbfounded at what was written on it.

"So…." began Sakura. "Whatdya get!" she finished.

"I don't want to say." said Neji with clenched teeth.

"Aww it can't be that bad!" pouted Tenten.

"Did you guys rig this draw?" asked Shikamaru with narrowing eyes.

"Oh but whatever do you mean!" asked Ino innocently.

"I mean by the looks of it all three of us got one of the worst ones!"

"Well you need to tell us first and then we'll say if it's the worst or not right?" reasoned Sakura.

"Come on! Tell us!"

"Tinkerbelle…" muttered Neji angrily and also with embarrassment.

The girls were trying to hold back their giggles. They couldn't believe Neji had gotten that one. Wow…Neji in tights and a little dress…what an odd sight.

"Bambi's mom…" said Shikamaru quietly.

Sweat drop from the guys.

"Wow…that sucks…" said Neji feeling a bit better that Shikamaru had to be a er horse thingy.

"Sasuke-kun, what did you get!" asked Sakura eagerly.

"Shut-up."

"But you have to tell us!" whined Ino.

"Tenten! Snatch the paper from him!" shouted Sakura.

Tenten attempted to snatch the slip from him but with no success.

"You don't go telling it out loud on what you're going to do, stupid." said Sasuke.

Sakura pouted. But little did Sasuke know, Naruto was now sneaking behind him.

"Yoink!" shouted Naruto laughing and ran like the wind.

"Dobe! Give that back!" thundered Sasuke as he ran to catch up with the loud mouth blond.

"Sakura-chan! Catch!" Naruto had crumpled the slip of paper into a little ball and threw it to Sakura.

"Got it!" Sakura smiled triumphantly.

Naruto was running back to Sakura wanting to find out what Sasuke's costume was going to be until he was tackled to the ground by Sasuke.

"What was that for!" said Naruto coughing up grass.

"Hn."

The guys and girls were now crowding behind Sakura dying to find out what Sasuke was going to be for Halloween.

Sakura's eyes widened. This was the costume she wrote down!

"Sa-Sasuke-kun! Your going to be a…"

"Bunny rabbit?" shouted the rest of the people.


Wow…my writing has gone down from 22 to 19 pages to 15…am I losing my touch? Or was it because I had too much to write? Wouldn't know…but anyways, Sasuke-kun as a cute wittle bunny wabbit! Aww! Just picture him in that! Hmm..I don't really like this chapter that much. I'm not that sure. But hey I'm pretty sure there are some authors out there who don't like some of their story's chapters...right?

Yay! For the last chapter I got over 20 reviews! Thank you guys so much! This story has gotten the most reviews so far! Hmm…I wonder who will be my 100th reviewer! So exciting just thinking about it!

Anyways, I want to say I'm sorry for this late update…is it late? I usually do it on Sundays, Saturdays or last week it was a Monday morning. But this time it's a Monday night…

I had to study for a Geography test plus I needed to study for a math test today but I really wanted to finish this chapter. It was nagging me like crazy. Besides Halloween's next Monday so I needed to post today and yeah.

I was talking with my friend the other day and I was saying how this little song was so sad. I'm weird yes I know. But isn't it?

You are my sunshine my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You'll never know, dear how much I love you
So please don't take my sunshine away

Well I'm gonna edit this now. Who knew that listening to Naruto songs would give you so much inspiration!

Yours,

The Thing That Lives Under Your Bed