Chapter 10
A/N: I know that these chapters are far after Halloween now when they're being posted but things happened like that. I hope you enjoy more of the crazy party!
From behind them, Gedomaru herself sneaked up on them. This caused Douman to squeak in surprise briefly, both Seimei and Crystal chuckled at that.
"Interesting costumes Seimei-sama, Douman-sama. Crystal looks quite like me, doesn't she?" the young Shikigami pointed out.
She wore a red and green striped sweater, black pants, shoes along with a brown hat and a clawed glove. On Gedomaru's face was a fake burned skin mask that wrapped up her costume.
Both heads of their respective clans were shocked at how real the mask looked but they were unsure of the identity of her costume.
The answer came from unexpected source: Crystal.
"Oh! You're Freddy Krueger, the mask looks quite real Gedomaru," her master said with enthusiasm before the two hugged.
In disbelief, Seimei tried to ask, "How...why did you-?"
"Oh, it's because Gedomaru and I like to watch movies together. She watches comedies with and in turn, I watch horror movies with her," Crystal said in such a matter-of-fact tone that both of the men were quite shocked.
"So, who are you then?" Douman asked once he regained his composure.
The young Shikigami elaborated, "Freddy Krueger is a serial killer from American movies, he killed people, mainly teenagers, in their dreams."
The entire group laughed, albeit a bit shaken at this explanation.
"Well, everyone seems to be really enjoying themselves tonight," Otae chimed in.
At this, they all wished her a happy birthday. She smiled as Kondou excused them to continue mingling. The couple saw the Zombrow Katsura with Ikumatsu, who was dressed as Sailor Moon.
The ramen chef wore a short blue pleated skirt and a white leotard. It had a blue collar and three stripes, light yellow shoulder pads with a red bow on the chest and back. On her feet were red knee-high boots with a white border at the triangular top and adorned with crescent moons. Ikumatsu also had golden earrings with stars and a crescent moon dangling from her ears, a choker with a golden crescent moon on it too. Her hair was done up in two buns as the rest of her hair came down from there, she wore white bordered, red circular hair pieces on top of the buns along with the feather barrettes in her hair. The last pieces to Ikumatsu's costume was the brooch in the middle of the bow on her chest, while a golden tiara with a red gem in the center graced her forehead.
"Katsura, are you sure about this? I feel weird in this," the older woman said as she played with the hem of the short skirt.
He smiled as he said, "You are too modest, you look beautiful Ikumatsu."
She blushed slightly when he said that until he patted her butt. Before she could hit him though, Elizabeth smacked him with his placard.
"Elizabeth! Why did you do that?" he demanded as he held his hurt face.
The Renho held his placard as it read, 'You were being stupid and Ikumatsu-san wasn't able to hit you at the moment so I did..'
Katsura sweat-dropped and Ikumatsu laughed out loud at that.
"Elizabeth, are you a vampire?" she asked once she calmed down from her laughing fit.
His answer was simply raising his placard that read, 'Yes I am.'
Simply put, his costume was a Dracula cape and teeth. The couple smiled as they greeted the birthday girl and her husband.
"Hello, Katsura-san, Ikumatsu-san, Elizabeth. You're costumes are great," Otae said as she hugged them all.
The gorilla commander smiled and hugged their friends as he replied, "They are good honey, I remember yours Zura, the Ryo II virus!"
"Yes!" the ex-terrorist enthusiastically replied, "I though that it would be quite creative!"
The two women just shook their heads in amusement at the men's conversation.
All of a sudden, in the middle of the group's conversation, a man was thrown in the center of the floor in front of them all.
The man wore a black tuxedo and the preson who threw him seemed to be in a tan colored trench-coat.
"Dammit Sarutobi! What the hell did I do to deserve this?" the man shouted angrily as she pointed a kunai at his ass.
The female ninja chuckled before responding, "You were the one who pointed that weapon at me."
Visibly frustrated, Zenzo frustrated, "You were the one who threw my mask to the floor. I was only picking it up!"
"Ah!" Katsura exclaimed in astonishment, "How odd, Ikumatsu is Sailor Moon and you are Tuxedo Mask."
Ayame and Zenzo sweatdropped at his exclamation and how stupid he sounded while the man continued to laugh obnoxiously. Again, Elizabeth smacked Katsura with the placard he held.
The male ninja's costume consisted of a black tuxedo with yellow buttons, a white dress shirt and a black cape lined red. The jacket opened to show the shirt, the white gloves and mask along with the black top hat that completed the outfit. He had only just put the mask back on clumsily before she'd thrown him.
"What is your costume supposed to be Sarutobi-dono?" the former terrorist questioned as he looked at her.
Her costume seemed to only consist of a long, tan trenchcoat and a white surgical mask over the lower part of her face.
She scoffed then replied, "I'm the kuchisake onna, you know the slit mouth woman."
"The urban legend? Sarutobi, you're so weird," Zenzo said, not impressed.
"Says the cosplayer," Ayame countered back.
He rolled his eyes as he said, "Anyone could dress like that, it's not scary."
In answer, the kunoichi pulled down the mask to reveal an actual slit mouth!
Katsura yelped and jumped into his girlfriend's arms when he saw what looked so real. The two ninjas looked at him as if he was an idiot before they laughed at his reaction.
Ayame just barely finished laughing as she said, "Calm down, it's made from the same materials from the Shogun shadow doubles."
Both Ikumatsu and Elizabeth laugh at Katsura, even though he vehemently denied being scared. Kondou and Otae chuckled too, though trying not to make their friend feel bad.
"I was surprised, stop laughing!" the ex-terrorist pressed only for Elizabeth to smack him playfully.
Zenzo rolled his eyes at his comrade but, since he'd annoyed her again, Ayame threw another kunai at his ass. When he shouted shrilly, the kunoichi chuckled.
Otae and Kondou decided to wander some more when they came upon Otose, Catherine, Pirako and Jirochou along with Gengai just chatting and drinking together.
She smiled as she greeted them, "Hello everyone, how are you all doing?"
Gengai chuckled and replied, "I'm good, what an honor for the birthday girl to come see us."
"I'm happy to, you've all helped make today special. Thank you, I really appreciate all this," Otae answered, "So what are you all dressed as?"
"I'm a Kyuubi Kitsune, I used the one from Beruto who's named Kurama," the young daughter of the retired Yakuza supplied.
When Otae looked at Pirako, she saw that girl wore an orange bodysuit that had nine tails tipped in white. She had claw-like nails on her hands and feet along with markings around her eyes. For the finishing touches, she had long ears on her head and red contact lenses.
"Ah, that's interesting. Many of you used Beruto. So Catherine-san, are you some kind of cat monster?" Otae asked.
Scowling, the cat-eared Amanto grumpily responded, "I'm a vampire cat, not just a monster cat. It's a mythological yokai in Japan, I looked it up."
Catherine was dressed in the black bodysuit she had from her thieving days along with vampire teeth.
"Oh, that's original! It's nice to see some more traditional costumes," the birthday girl complimented.
Pirako commented, "I'm a Kyuubi Kitsune so my rank is higher than a vampire cat."
Even though this irritated Catherine, it caused her father to chuckle.
"Maybe Pirako but I'm a monkey god, I think that outranks even a Kyuubi Kitsune," Jirochou teased.
The older man wore a white hermit's robe, along with a branch that's leaves were still on it. He wore a long white wig and beard to complete his look.
"Oh!" Otae exclaimed, "Are you dressed like that from a show as well?"
Jirochou smiled slightly as he answered, "Yes, Pirako found out about it. It's a show called Inuyasha and it's set in the Sengoku Jidai."
Smiling warmly, the young wife replied, "How sweet, Pirako-chan has you wrapped around her little finger."
The older ganguro man chuckled at that as his daughter hugged him.
A/N: I'll continue with the rest of their costumes in the next chapter, sorry about that. I just didn't want to make the chapter all too long after all. I hope you enjoyed this and caught the references!
