Happy Halloween!

May your day be Spooktacular!

"Mama! Look!"

Inko looked up from cooking dinner to see Kazumi standing in the kitchen doorway. She was wearing an adorable witch costume, looking ready for the annual Halloween celebration that was going on in their neighborhood that night.

"Oh, you look wonderful, sweetie! Where's your brother?"

"I AM HERE!" announced Izuku, coming out in his favorite All-Might costume. "And I'm ready to go!"

"The festival doesn't start for another hour. And I want you two to eat your dinner before you go, all right?"

"Yes, Mama!" the two chorused.

"Oh, and Katsuki will be joining us." Kazumi's face fell and she pouted.

"Why does Meanie Kacchan have to come with us?"

"Because Mitsuki asked me to keep an eye on him tonight. She was called into work unexpectedly."

Kazumi still didn't look happy, but she sat down to eat her dinner anyway. The doorbell rang half an hour later and Inko opened it to reveal Mitsuki and Bakugo. He was wearing some kind of ninja costume and Kazumi stuck out her tongue when she saw him. The blonde returned the action. Poor Izuku looked from his sister to his friend and felt conflicted.

"Don't let him wander off," Mitsuki sighed. "He's gotten good at getting away from me when we're out on the streets."

"I won't. Don't worry."

"And Katsuki, behave for your auntie." Mitsuki ruffled her son's hair and he swatted at her hand. "I'll pick him up tomorrow."

Mitsuki left and Inko picked up the pillowcases her children insisted using for candy collection.

"Okay, kids. Put on your shoes and we'll get going."

All three of the first-graders obeyed and they walked out into the neighborhood.

It was utterly transformed for the spookiest of all nights. Spiderwebs hung from trees, pumpkins sitting on fenceposts and balconies carved to look as scary as possible. Various game stalls had been set up, including several from the nearby middle school, Kunugigaoka Junior High. One class, class 3-E, had even set up a full-blown haunted house in the park. While Kazumi heard the other classes from the school snickering that E-class wasn't anything special, she also saw many people fleeing from the haunted house, laughing because there were good scares in there. Her eyes widened.

"Mama!" She tugged at Inko's skirt. "Can we go in the haunted house?"

"You don't think it'll be too scary?"

"I'm not scared! I'm brave! And so are Izuku and Kacchan!"

"All right, but only if they want to and you do your trick-or-treating first."

"Okay!"

Bakugo and Kazumi ended up competing to see who could get more candy while Izuku followed behind, apologizing to the people who gave the sweets out for his sister and his friend. By the time they reached the end of the block, all three kids were raring to go into 3-E's House of Terror. Inko reached into her purse and handed her daughter enough money to pay for admission after taking the candy bags.

"I'll be waiting at the exit when you three are done. If it's too much, come straight out and I'll take you home."

"Yes, Mama!" the Midoriya siblings chorused.

"Yes, Auntie Inko!" Bakugo replied.

They headed to the entrance, where a girl Kazumi knew was named Kanzaki was taking tickets dressed as a princess. All three kids knew many of the members of class 3-E due to them often using the park to study for exams and things like that.

"Hi, Kanzaki!" she called.

"Oh, hello, Kazumi."

"We want to go in!" She held up the money.

"Are you sure? This isn't the best place for first-graders…"

"I ain't scared!" Bakugo insisted. "And neither is Water Witch!"

"Okay, then…" Kanzaki took the money. "Have fun."

"We will!" the three responded, running into the House of Terror.

"Nagisa, don't you babysit those kids?"

At Kayano's words, Nagisa glanced up. Sure enough, the Midoriya kids and Katsuki Bakugo were beginning to walk through the haunted house. His heart stopped for a second before he realized they were about to pass Terasaka and Kirara.

No!

"Hang on a sec, Nagisa." Karma had his hand on the pigtailed boy's shoulder. "If these kids think they can handle it, then let them."

Kirara crept out, hissing horribly and glaring at the kids with a serious expression. Kazumi screamed, clinging to Katsuki while her brother clutched her hand. Then they started giggling and Nagisa relaxed slightly. But not much.

"I'm following them," he stated. "If they get too scared, I can take them back to Mrs. Midoriya."

"Go ahead. I'll be with Okuda at our little slice of this hell. See you!"

Nagisa used his stealth skills to follow the kids. At every turn, his classmates attempted to scare the crap out of the three first-graders and the kids would scream before they started laughing. That was before they got to Karma and Okuda's section—a full-blown witch's cottage with Okuda stirring a 'potion' in a cauldron and Karma being her demon partner horns and all. Karma said nothing but instead moved to pretend-grab the kids. Kazumi let out a scream of terror and buried her face in her brother's shoulder.

"K-Karma!" stammered Okuda, seeing the little girl clearly terrified.

"Sorry, kid," he said with his typical don't-care attitude. "Maybe this was a little much for you."

"S-scary… like Papa…"

Karma shot Nagisa a questioning look and the boy shrugged, not knowing what she was saying.

"Listen, Nagisa will take you out of here, okay?" Okuda told the kids. "Sorry about all this."

"It was fun until Water Witch ruined everything," muttered Katsuki.

"Meanie Kacchan!" Kazumi snapped.

"Time to go." Nagisa lifted Kazumi onto his shoulders and took the boys by the hands as he led them out. Nakamura gave him a thumbs-up as he passed her and he rolled his eyes. At the exit, Mrs. Midoriya was waiting and she looked thankful as Nagisa set her daughter down.

"How did they do?" she asked.

"Well until my friend Karma was involved. Kazumi said something about her papa?"

"Oh. I didn't… she came from a bad home. I adopted her two years ago."

"I-I…"

"You didn't know." Kazumi buried her face in her mother's leg. "All right, you three. Let's go home."

"Water Witch is a scaredy-cat!" Katsuki taunted.

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

Nagisa chuckled as he walked back into the haunted house.

"Aunt Kazumi, look! A haunted house!"

Kazumi looked over at the park. The familiar sign was back up over the haunted house: Class 3-E's House of Terror. She glanced down at her niece, who was dressed in a tiny replica of Izuku's hero costume.

"You want to go in?"

"Can I?"

"Only if I go with you, okay?"

"Okay!"

At the gate this time it was Nagisa instead of Kanzaki. His hair was much shorter than it had been nearly a decade earlier and he gave her a smile.

"Hey, Kazumi," he greeted her. "Who's this?"

"My niece, Eri. Eri, this is Nagisa. He used to babysit me."

"N-nice to meet you…" Eri hid behind her aunt.

"Gonna be able to handle the haunted house this time?" Karma asked, swaggering up with a smile. "Or is Nagisa gonna need to carry you out when you hit my section again?"

"First of all, I was six. Second of all, you triggered memories because your hair is the same color as my birth father's. I can handle it now. Besides, I've got to look after Eri while her 'mama' and 'papa' are on a date."

"Well, then, come on in… if you dare."

Short chapter today. And a crossover with Assassination Classroom.

I was going to write something longer but I ran out of steam. So this is what you get.

So long and thanks for all the fish!