CHAPTER 1

THE INVITATION

Inuyasha, the most popular boy in school, had just recieved an invitation to Kagome's Halloween party. He was glad he was invited. If he hadn't, the whole thing would have been a flop. Besides that; everyone of his friends were invited including his girlfriend Kikyo who was Kagome's cousin. Needless to say, he already had a costume planned out weeks ahead of time.

When he got home that afternoon he didn't really have anything to do since he had his costume sitting on a chair by his bed all ready for him. He was going as a samuri dog demon. Why he had chosen that outfit was a mystery. His older brother, who had also been invited, was dressed as a really hot samuri dude. "Besides," he'd said smiling to himself. "Rin and Kagura will be there as well." Rin and Kagura were two girls that always hung out with him. If Inuyasha didn't know better he'd think Sesshy was dating them both.

Anyway when Inuyasha came into his room he kicked off his shoes and flopped onto his bed. "Ahh, time for a nice nap," he said flopping his arms out. "I'll just set my alarm for 4:30 and have enough time to get ready for the party." it started at 5.

As he dropped off to sleep all he could think about was the party.

Fire. Burning searing fire surounded him. Wherever he looked all he saw was fire. Fire and wailing figures. He was in Hell. Mostly what he saw was a bunch of people climbing on top of each other to get away from the fire. He walked along and tripped over a body.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" he said to the person as he reached down and grabbed them by the shoulder.

The body looked at him and Inuyasha's eyes got real big in horror. The face had maggots crawling in and out of the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. "WHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!" it cackled.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Inuyasha screamed letting go of the figure and running through Hell.

He ran until he ran into someone's stomach. "OOF!" he gasped falling on the ground.

"Inuyasha..." said a voice that sounded familiar.

He looked up. He saw Kikyo standing before him with black and red demon wings and wearing a black and red bikini type dress.

"Kikyo!" he said totally confused.

"COME WITH ME TO ETERNAL TORMENT!" she screamed grabbing his shirt collar and pulling him into the flames.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he screamed totally freaked out.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Inuyasha woke up screaming. "LEAVE ME ALONE!" Then he realized where he was. "Oh," he sighed, relieved. "I'm in my room. Good thing it was only a-WAH!"

He stared in horror at the person standing in the doorway.

"What?" Kikyo demanded who wore the exact same outfit as the one in his nightmare. "Don't you like my costume?"

"What are you suppost to be?" he asked quivering.

"Oh," she said looking down at her outfit. "I'm a goth." she twirled around for him to get a good look. "Do you like it?"

"Please don't take me to Hell," he said without thinking.

She gave him a confused look. "What?"

"Nevermind," he said getting out of bed and throwing on his costume. "What time is it anyway?"

"Almost 5," she replied looking at his clock. "I see your alarm still hasn't been fixed."

"I forgot it was broken," he said putting on the pale haired wig and stuffing the fake fangs in his mouth. "Now we're going to be late huh?"

"Only if you take any longer," she said grabbing his arm. "C'mon, Kagome doesn't like it when people are late."

"So where is the party being held?" Inuyasha asked a few minutes later as he and Kikyo walked down the street.

"It's being held at Silent Manor," she replied looking back at him. "Kagome pulled a few strings and was able to rent it just as long as nobody breaks anything."

"That place is already falling apart. How would anyone be able to tell if something else was broken?" he asked. "Besides, why would she want to rent that place? Doesn't she know what happened there?"

Kikyo glared at him. "Of course she does," she replied. "Everyone at school knows about what happened there and that's why Kagome rented the place. She told me this morning that it would add to the fun." she shook her head. "I think the whole thing is just nonsense."

"Sometimes I wonder how you and her can be related," he said shaking his head as well. "You're so different from each other."

"My mom says that's what makes us so wonderful," Kikyo said. "I just don't understand how we can be cousins and look almost exactly alike. Kaede thinks it's funny and so does Kagome's little brother, Sota."

"I don't think you look that much alike," he commented as the two started walking up a huge weed covered drove way. "I think you look more like Sango than Kagome."

"Sango isn't related to us," she reminded him. "But her brother Kohacku sometimes comes over to play with Kaede and Kagome's brother." she smiled. "I think Kohacku likes Kaede but all she's interested in is her haiku."

"Look there's the house!" Inuyasha exclaimed pointing ahead of them at a crumbling down mansion. "Just beyond that gate."

"Why do they have the gate so close to the house instead of at the bottom of the drive way." Kikyo observed.

"Actually there was a gate down there but I guess they wanted to build another one for safety purposes." he said shrugging. "I think that's kinda stupid."

"Let's just get inside before that big crow over there tries to steal your wig," Kikyo said glaring up at a huge raven that was looking at them with glowing red eyes.

"What kind of crow has glowing eyes?" Inuyasha asked staring at the big black bird.

"One that's been eating too many little children," she replied. Kikyo grabbed his arm. "Let's just get inside."

The two walked onto the porch and stood infront of the door. Kikyo raised a fist and grabbed the knocker. She raised it and banged it against the door a few times. A minute later the door opened.

"Hey, guys," Kagome said, who was dressed as a witch and had opened the door. "I'm glad you finally arrived. You're late."

"Sorry, cuz," Kikyo apoligized. "Inuyasha slept in and was still asleep when I got there."

"Oh," she said nodding. "Iny, you should really get your alarm clock fixed."

"I know I know," he grumbled.

"Come on in," Kagome said moving away from the doorway.

The two stepped into the house. Kikyo survayed the mainroom. It was covered with all sorts of spooky decorations. "Hey, you sure outdid yourself, cuz."

"I didn't do it," Kagome said. "Grandpa hired a few people to come here and fix the place up."

"Is Grandpa here?" Kikyo asked suddenly annoyed. Images of embarresing photographs appeared in her head and she shivered.

"Nope," Kagome said shaking her head. "He went to Kaede and the other's school Halloween party. He's making balloon animals."

"Oh that's good...So," Kikyo said looking at her cousin."'Is Hojo here?"

"Yup," her cousin replied nodding and smiling. "He's over by the piano. He's the vampire."

Kikyo and Inuyasha looked toward the piano. They saw a black caped figure playing the giant organ. "I didn't know Hojo could play," Inuyasha commented.

Kgome smiled with admiration. "He's been taking lessons for the past few years," the girl sighed happily. "I'm so glad I'm going out with him."

"I think I'll go mingle," Inuyasha said looking around. "I see Koga and Ayame are here. Why are they dressed as wolf demons?"

"Oh," Kagome said looking at the couple. "They stopped by a cosplay shop this afternoon and found those costumes. Ayame thought they would be cute so Koga agreed to wear one."

"He looks uncomfortable," Kikyo commented. She started to walk away. "I have to ask Ayame something. I'll be right back. Inuyasha, why don't you look around for someone you know."

"Like Miroku?" Inuyasha asked glaring at the black ponytailed kid who was dressed as Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon. "I just hope he doesn't ask me to join him in trying to peek up the prep squad's dresses. You know what they will dress up as if they come here."

"Playboy Bunnys," Kagome said. "They are already here. They're upstairs putting on their make up."

"Oh brother," Inuaysha said rolling his eyes. "I'll just go over there and listen to Hojo play the piano." Inuyasha broke away from the raven haired girl and headed over to Hojo who was playing "The Monster Mash" on the organ.

"Hey, Hojo," he said leaning against the organ. "What are you playing?"

"The ultimate Halloween song," he replied without looking up. "The Monster Mash."

"They play that on the radio every year," Inuyasha grumbled. "That song is getting annoying. I've heard it a hundred times this week. Why can't they play something else? Why can't you play something else?"

"Because I don't want to," Hojo said still playing that cursed song. "I like this one-"

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM

Hojo stopped playing. "What was that?" he asked looking at the piano.

"Looks like you played a flat note!" Inuyasha laughed. "You know what that sounded like?"

"What?"

"A huge fart! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!" Inuyasha laughed so hard he fell over.

Hojo glared at him. "Hah ha, so funny I forgot to laugh." he turned back to the organ. "I think something is in there," he reached up and opened the top. "Something big." he started moving his hand around inside of the organ. "AH HAH!" he pulled something out. "Look who it is."

Inuyasha looked up and saw a furry thing in Hojo's hands. The furry thing looked like it could be a rabbit but it had a guilty look on its human like face. "SHIPPO!" the boy gasped. "What the hell are you doing in there?"

"I was walking down the stairs when I fell in," the short teen replied.

"You can't just fall into a piano," Hojo remarked. "Were you hiding in there?'

Shippo looked away feeling guilty. "Well I saw this huge monster and it scared me so I hid in there until it was gone." the short teen grinned nervously. "I guess I fell asleep."

"In all that noise? Wow! You sure are a heavy sleeper!"

"Can you do me a favor?" Hojo asked.

"Yeah," Shippo said looking over his shoulder at the other youth.

"Can you please stay out of the piano?" Hojo said frowning. "It doesn't belong to us so we have to be careful not to break it."

"I'll remember," Shippo said. "Oh by the way, Kagome said she wanted to see you in the kitchen for a minute."

"Oh okay." the vampireish clad kid set Shippo down. "I'll be right back." he walked away.

Once he was gone Inuyasha asked. "Hiding eh?"

"So?"

"I knew you were a coward!" his face lit up with triumph.

"Leave me alone," Shippo growled annoyed at being made fun of.

"Whatever, dust bunny. I'm going to go ask Kikyo if she wants to dance."

"Where are you going?" Naraku asked as he watched his sister Kanna leaving the house.

Kanna, who was dressed as Wednesday from The Addam's Family, turned to him and said. "Kagome's costume party."

"There's a costume party tonight?" Naraku demanded dropping his Gamecube controller.

"Yes," his white haired sister said nodding. "Kagura has already left. Now I'm going too. Everyone was invited."

"Why wasn't I invited?" her brother whined.

Kanna shrugged. "I don't know," she said. "Maybe they don't like you." With that she turned to the front door, opened it, and went out.

Naraku waited until she was gone then went up into her room to take a peek into her magic mirror. "Show me the costume party," he said.

Instantly an image of the house appeared and the ballroom was shown. In it was everyone including Inuyasha, Kagura, and Kikyo.

"Grrrrrrrrrrr!" he growled. "How dare they not invite me!" he set the mirror down. "Well they're not going to get away with it! I'm going to make them pay!"

A/N

I know it's the wrong time of year but I got this idea recently and decided to write it. I tried to pair everyone up with who I think they should belong with (Iny with Kiky and Hojo with Kagome because that's how I think it should go). I hope you people don't get mad at me. I don't really like Kagome but I won't be too mean to her. I'll just make her be with Hojo to whom she should be with. Anyway. That's about it. This story isn't going to be very long (about 3 or 4 chapters). It will be over pretty quickly after I have my fun with everyone. he he! Hmm I think I spelled Sango's brother's name wrong...