Hi again! I made such a big mistake last chapter! One is that I wrote the title "The Cab" at the beginning when it's supposed to be "The Passenger"! Then when Sasuke said "It's my turn tomorrow", but they do this every week! Whahaha! So sorry about that… it's cuz I do last-minute edits and there are a few where I miss these things.

Anyway, I feel sad… you know why? Because this story is in 5 C2s, 4 faves, and 10 alerts; then I'm on 12 member's fave list, and 4 alerts: that's not why I'm sad cuz actually; I'm SOOO happy about that! But what I'm sad about is that since I only have 6 reviews, it means that SOME people don't give a review! So please! Give reviews and comments. I wanna know what you think, is it all happening too fast or too slow? Too plain or… actually good? Hehe… so please review… anyway, on with the story!

Title: Firelight Horrors

Chapter Title: Reflection

Genre: Main: Horror and Mystery; minor: some tints of romance and humor

Author: crazed-aki66

Cold wind breezed through the trees, making its leaves rustle against each other. The dim sky was now lit by the bright moon. A full moon, to be exact. The light from it only made the starry night to be more hysterical. Pine trees were everywhere and as the wind once again came, the aroma of pines only made the scenery more peaceful. It was indeed a luxury.

Some people consider it as one, but for some thinks of it with an eerie feeling. Rustling trees, dark gray sky and a full moon, you'll never know what will happen next. The thing is, humans only have two eyes in front. So you usually don't know what's waiting behind your back…

"So… Everyone ready?"

But for some, it's just another ordinary Friday night to tell scary stories. Sit around in the woods with chips, popcorn and sodas and best part of all: chocolates. And those 'some' are Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru, Hinata, Sakura, Ten-Ten and Ino.

"Yeah, yeah… don't worry Sasuke, we're all ready for your lame story" Naruto joked, while a bag of chips was on his left hand and the other hand taking the chips out and then shoving it up to his mouth. Sound of munching could be heard by everyone.

"Ugh shut up, chubby." Sasuke ordered, smirking as he continued. "You've been hanging around with Choji too much, look at what effect it did to you. Now you both look like big chunks of balls that you can use in a bowling alley. Come to think of it, you'll definitely pull off a strike! Too bad you won't fit in the gutter…"

"Y-You Bastard!" Naruto yelled.

"Yes… me bastard, you idiot- which is five times worse!"

"Ok g-guys, s-stop n-now…" pleaded a very shy voice which we all know is Hinata.

But obviously Sasuke and Naruto didn't hear it since they continued fighting against each other.

"Hinata… I think you better speak up…" Sakura suggested as she leaned over to Hinata who was seating beside her.

"I-I think i-it would be b-better if y-you do it…" Hinata state forcing a smile, of course, yelling wasn't her specialty. It was Ino's!

Sakura stood and went up to Ino who was currently talking to Ten-Ten. "Hey Ino! I need you to use your shouting skills right now so we can start with the story…"

And with that, Ino stood up and headed towards a smirking Sasuke and a pissed off Naruto.

"Okay, guys, shush! Okay? J-just zip it! Naruto, you don't even have a story! So stop because Sasuke obviously has a better story than you!" and ta-da! It's Ino to the rescue! That obviously had done it!

"Oh Ino's right…" Naruto told with a hint of disappointment in his tone. He went back at the log where Hinata was sitting and sat beside her. "I'm just an idiot for this stuff…"

"Awww… C'mon Naruto!" Sakura comforted as she went up to Naruto. When she got beside him, she knelt down so that she was facing him. "There is no such thing as idiots… just stupid people!" Sakura exclaimed with a perky-bite-me smile.

"Oh jeez, thanks for the compliment Sakura. I'm flattered…" Naruto mocked rather very sarcastically.

"No problem! You're always welcome!" Sakura exclaimed again with the cheesy smile.

"I was being sarcastic…"

"Um, I know… me too…"

"Oh…"

"See? Told you! Just stupid people…" Sakura commented again with a smile. It seemed to piss off Naruto a lot. And it did, Naruto shot up his head facing Sakura with an 'AAARRRGGGHHH!' look. "Okay, I got the message! I'm gonna go now! Eheh…"

And with this she headed towards Ten-Ten who was sitting on the other side of their "Campsite".

"Okay, now that that's over with…" Shikamaru said while sitting up from his lying position. Then, he turned to face Sasuke, his 'lazy-look' now turning into an emotionless one but with a small smirked at the side of his lips. "Why don't you tell us your oh-so-great story?"

"I will, if you shut up…" Sasuke argued, cruelly. Now this conversation will obviously turn into another fight. It's always like this, every time before someone tells a story, someone just has to fight!

"Ugh, zip it, people!" Sakura yelled, getting irritated. "Sasuke please just start" Sakura pleaded to the person sitting next to her.

"Hn, fine." Sasuke said, trying to keep his cool. "So my story for this week is titled 'Reflection'".

in the story

BEEP! BEEP!

'What? No! Stop! Agh! My brake won't work….'

CRASH…

A lady, somewhere in her mid 30s, is now walking down by the sidewalk of her village. She was heading back to her house because she just got out of the hospital at the terrible accident. The whole scene still kept replaying over and over her mind.

It was just another week-night as the lady was now in her gold Civic Honda car. It was about 9 at night and the streets were dark, the only source of light was from the orange street lights and the light from the moon. Trees along the sidewalk made noises as the wind breezed through its leaves. Everything was white, entirely covered with snow. Especially the roads, the once damp road was now slippery as the water became ice.

But it wasn't at all quiet, there were still people around stores and cars driving around, probably also heading home. As the lady was driving on the main rode, she didn't notice the man on the motorcycle, since his vehicle had no lights.

And the obvious thing happened. The man suddenly turned to the left without signals. But as the lady took noticed, it was too late to stop. The roads were too slippery and the tires couldn't make a friction to stop. The lady turned the wheel around as her car hit a pole. But even so, she still hit the man on the motorcycle.

But just before she lost her consciousness, she caught a glance of the man. He looked like a tall man with dark hair and tan skin. But then, she began to faint.

That's how she ended up in the hospital. Nobody knows what happened to the man in the motorcycle. Just as the ambulance and the police came, the man was nowhere to be seen. The lady stayed in the hospital for 7 days or one whole week.

Right now, she was only walking to her house. After the big incident, she didn't really want to drive another car. She arrived at her house, and walked to the front door. She used her right hand to reach in her pocket for the house keys, and unlocked the door as she went in.

Her house was beautiful. It was a three-story-glass-house. Mostly all of its walls were made from glass, except the bathroom of course. White soft curtains hang by the windows, making it look like so peaceful.

She went to the living room as she took off her jacket and hanged it over one sofa.

But just as she did, she caught a glimpse of a person on the window. She looked up facing the glass window. As she did, she felt terrified. Chills and shivers went up and down her spine as she stared at the person outside the window.

It was a man. His body covered with blood and his shirt all dirty and torn up. His arms and legs had gashes. His head was head was tilted on one side as his eyes stared straight as the lady's. On his one hand, was a knife, also covered with blood as if he had just used it recently.

Then a thought snapped to the lady. The man. It was the man. The person she accidentally hit about a week ago. What was he doing outside her house? Did he want revenge? What was the knife for? Why was he bloody? Questions filled the lady's mind.

Then, coming back to her senses, lady panicked. Who wouldn't be? She reached for the phone which was luckily just beside her and called nine-one-one (911).

The police came and searched the entire area of the house. No one was found. The lady just sat at her counter, still traumatized by the whole thing.

Just then, one officer came up to her.

"M'am? Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yes, I'm fine, thank you." The lady answered.

"Well, you're a very lucky woman, I can say…"

"Why is that, officer?" the lady asked curiously.

"Well…" the officer started, trying to think of how he was going to explain it. "You see, the man you saw outside your window wasn't really outside. It was only a reflection…"

end of story

"The end…" Sasuke declaredfinishing up his story.

"Whoa…" was all Sakura could say. Her mouth dropped a bit in awe. Once again, she had gone hysterical. "That was… whoa…" she shivered trying to find the right words.

Sasuke smirked. That was already one sign that his story was good.

"Dude I didn't get that…" Naruto wondered confused. Well, he always says that. A scary story always leaves you hanging. It leaves you a hysterical last-line that gives you the task to figure out. Naruto always ruins that part. Why, because it always has to be explained to him.

"It means…" Neji answered. "The man that the lady saw wasn't really outside of her window. It was just a reflection from the inside. Get it? It means the man was about to kill her, since he had a knife on his hand. The police said she was lucky because she thought the man was outside when he was really already behind her to kill."

"Exactly…" Sasuke agreed while nodding, arms folded.

"Oh… Man, that's freaky."

"Cool story, Sasuke." Neji commented.

"Thanks" Sasuke answered.

"Um, Sasuke?" Sakura called.

"Hn?"

"On a scale of one to ten, that's definitely an eleven. That was awesome…"

"Hn, thanks." Was all Sasuke said. Then he turned to a very quiet Shikamaru. "Any compliments lazy-boy?"

"Sure…" Shikamaru said then he looked up, while his eyes half closed. "Nice one"

"I know…" Sasuke boasted coolly.

For Ino, Hinata and Ten-Ten, they were just quiet, thinking and absorbing all the things that Sasuke said.

After a while, Ino finally spoke up. "Well, time to go. C'mon."

Everyone stood up, got their bags, and all their snacks. It was Sasuke's turn to put off the fire and so he did.

After cleaning up, they all went to they're different ways.

Ok, how was that? That story was my favorite! I simply LOVE it, I dunno why. By the way, thanks so much Melting-Ice, BloodRuby, Crazy-Silly-Me, Sakura4eva, and AnimeRockz12 for reviewing! It makes me wanna update more! Thanks a lot for the support! WHAHAHA!

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