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So now on with the story!

Title: FireLight Horrors

Chapter title: the Knife

Author: crazed-AKI66

It was another Friday night and they were all once again in a circle. They were around a fire to keep them warm during the cold night.

Both empty and opened bags of chips were scattered all round. Some were eating crisps and some were drinking a cola. Boxes of doughnuts could also be seen. Cold wind blew through their spot; it was about 9 degrees outside.

Everyone was doing their own same thing right now, since they were still waiting for some others, specifically Sakura. Ino talking to Ten-Ten and Hinata- her being the loudest- Naruto stuffing crisps into his mouth- not caring whether he gets choked or not- Neji, surprisingly reading a J-14 magazine and Shikamaru doing his homework. Now that's unusual, he's actually having a hard time.

Shikamaru was staring at his binder for quite a while now. Using the pen on his right hand, he wrote something onto a piece of lined-paper, only causing him to drop it and scratch his head in irritation.

Neji noticed this causing him to look up from his magazine. "Dude, need some help?" he asked curiously, yet a hint of amazement could be noticed from the tone of his voice. Like who wouldn't when you see the geeky-genius having a hard time?

"No, not really…" the pineapple head replied simply, and didn't ever bother to look up from his binder. Neji didn't really mind and continued to read. On the other hand, Naruto, even after all the munching he was making, noticed this and turned to look at Shikamaru.

"Are you having a hard time?" He asked dumbly.

"Can't you see? You're looking at me right now…" Shikamaru stated, still not looking up from his work.

By this, Naruto sat up straight, putting the bag of chips aside. He changed his face into a nerdy-sort-of look, making him look a bit smart and geeky with all the confidence.

"Perhaps I can be of assistance," he suggested with a tone of a know-it-all, "My mother always have said that I have an IQ that rivals that of Alfred Einstein."

"It's Albert, you dumb-ass…" Shikamaru said, like stating the obvious.

"Yeah, whatever." Naruto said as he went towards Shikamaru then puts his arm around Shikamaru's neck. "Point is: Uncle Naruto is here for you…" Naruto said, with an idiotic smile.

"Oh sure, but I'll have to tell you something. I'll ask stupid-ness when I need one, okay?"

"Ok, sheeesh… you don't have to be so rude…" Naruto complained as he took away his arm that was currently around Shikamaru's neck. On the other hand, Shikamaru just stayed quiet, hoping not another argument would come-up.

Then, a sound from the bushes could be heard. A figure emerged from the darkness revealing the shape of a certain pink-haired girl.

"Hey guys… so sorry-" Sakura was about to say 'sorry-for-being-late' but someone interrupted

"You're late" Naruto stated.

"I know that, now shush…"

"Hmph…"

Sakura put down her messenger bag, which she was currently wearing. She took a seat near Ino.

"So… Whose turn is it again?" Asked a certain purple-haired-girl, Hinata.

"Mine" Sakura said simply. "My story tonight is just very plain and typical. Especially if you compare it to Sasuke's last week"

She paused for a while and looked around to see if everyone was listening and noticed someone was missing.

"Where's Sasuke?" she asked.

"Taking lessons that Itachi had enrolled him in…" the pineapple head stated without a care.

"What lessons?" she wondered.

"He's just assisting in the hospital…"

"And…he'd do that…why?"

"Cuz he lost a dare to Itachi." Neji answered, smirking

"Oh…" she shook her head and then she continued. "Anyway, my story tonight is just current and there are some rumors going around about it. I'm not sure if it's true but anyway…the title of my story is 'The Knife'"

in the story

A man, around in his late 50s, was confined in a hospital after a heart-attack. It was because he had gotten into a fight with one of his old rivals. It became quite violent and the rival had gotten a steak knife from the kitchen counter. They fought over it as it turned out the rival was killed. But before the rival's life was taken completely by death, he said something to the man. Something along the lines of, "I'm watching you…" then, he died. The man, after seeing a person die, had a stroke.

So now, he was placed in the 3rd floor and stayed in a nice room with very kind and gentle crew and staff. Almost every half-hour, a nurse or doctor would always come and check on him.

He felt comfortable, and every hour he felt at ease even more. He looked around, white walls, white ceilings, a television, fresh fruits, comfy pillows; nothing could indeed go wrong.

He slept comfortably that one night. The room was dark and the only source of light was from the window by the corner, given by the shinning full moon. He shifted from his position trying to find a more comfortable spot as he was now facing the lit window.

Then suddenly, a man outside had caught his eye as he passed by. He looked like he was searching for something, or probably just checking. Then the man outside turned to him.

The patient smiled, thinking that the doctor had probably sent this police to guard over him.

However, the smile was never returned to him as the man outside gave him a grin.

He didn't really bother wondering why, so he just continued to doze of to sleep.

The next morning, the doctor went up to check on him as he did for the past few days, too. And as he did, the patient smiled warmly at him.

"Doctor, I really appreciated what you did for me last night. I felt safe when you sent that police man to watch over me. Thank you" the patient said politely.

Although the doctor looked at him weirdly and questioningly.

"What police man?" he asked wonderingly.

"The police man you sent last night. I saw him walking around outside my window."

"Sir… that's really impossible…" the doctor said, shaking his head a bit "How could someone be walking around- especially if it is outside your window? You are at the 3rd floor of this building, sir…"

The doctor exited the room after doing some tests; leaving a confused patient. He looked back out the window and saw nothing but the rays of the sun- shinning brightly, declaring a beautiful day.

He looked around but then saw something shinning by the corner of his eye. He turned to it and gasped in horror. It was a steak knife covered with blood, which seemed freshly used. And on its delicate but sharp surface were words written on it.

"I'm watching you…"

end of story

"So there you have it! I don't know what happened to him after that though…" Sakura exclaimed. "Quite boring for me though…" she commented.

"That wasn't boring… it was really scary… man, I'm having Goosebumps" Naruto said. When everyone heard this, all eyes were upon the idiotic blond.

"What?" he wondered curiously, and a bit irritated.

"You actually got that?" Neji asked in surprise.

"Yeah…"

"Well, what do you know? Dumb-ass does have a brain…" Neji joked.

"N-Neji… that's pretty m-mean, don't you th-think?" said shy Hinata, which only caused Neji to snicker.

"See? At least someone cares for me…" Naruto pointed out as he grinned, mostly towards Hinata: which of course –blush, blush, and blush!-

However Naruto's grin and Hinata's blush was cut short when Neji spoke up once again. "Tsk, she doesn't care for you idiot…"

"Jealous?" Naruto's grin grew even wider as he asked.

Neji jumped back a bit because of his question, as his eyes shown disbelief that Naruto actually asked that dumb question. "What the- hell no, you dummy! She's my cousin… and that'll be just… eeewww… that's disgusting… maybe YOU do that, but I don't"

"Nah, I don't do it…" Naruto said as he shook his head. "Besides I already have your cousin!" he said as he turned towards Hinata and winked- and again, all Hinata did was…-blush, blush and blush!-

And by this, he stood up and headed towards a shivering Hinata and looked at her straight in the eye.

"Do you like me?" he asked weirdly, not bothering to even think what the others would think.

"U-um… I-I dunno, k-kind of I mean… y-yeah, I guess… y-yes…" Hinata stuttered as she blushed.

Naruto only grinned and took a glance at Neji and stuck out his tongue as if saying 'bite me!', "May I ask why?"

"U-um…" Hinata stuttered not knowing what to answer the crazy boy. "C-cuz y-you're funny and y-you always make me smile…"

By hearing this, Naruto's grin grew wider as he faced Neji. "Ha! In your face Mr. Don't-touch-my-cousin!"

Neji only growled, "Don't call me that… respect your elders Naruto…"

"Oh right, I forgot, Neji's 52…" Naruto grinned. "You're only one year older than me, dummy…Actually, it's not one year, it's only months..."

"You mean you're already 51?"

"I mean you're only 13…"

"You are too..."

Neji just glared at Naruto before turning to Hinata. "Awww… my little cus' has a crush… I can't wait to tell you dad…"

Hinata's eyes widened in embarrassment; but Naruto hugged her tightly. "Don't worry, Hinata! Thou shall not have to be afraid, thy knight in shinning armor is here! Even though your evil twin tries separate us, our love must go on!" he cheered on.

Naruto grins…

Hinata blushes…

Neji growls…

Everyone sweat-drops…

The End!

Well…not quite…

Then a sound from the bushes was heard, they all turned around as a figure of a panting Sasuke emerged through the darkness.

"So… how'd the dare go?" Shikamaru asked.

"Disgusting, all those sick people… but never mind, I found something really cool! I was in the elevator, and then a fire drill went off so I got stuck there and…"

"Oh my gosh… how stupid can you get?" Sakura interrupted, earning a glare from Sasuke. "I'll keep quiet…"

"Anyway, after that, I went out and found out I was in the third floor of that building, I wasn't suppose to be there because some lunatic died of a heart attack. But who cares… I went around for a little bit and saw a room was opened; there were caution signs all over it. I went in, looked around and check out what I saw; they say this was the reason why the man had a heart attack!"

He exclaimed as he pulled out a steak knife from his pocket with blood-stained words written on it:

"I'm watching you…"

Silence…

More silence…

Even more silence…

Until Shikamaru broke it…

"Well, what do you know, Sakura? The man had a heart-attack after-all…"

Everyone stares while spacing out…

Sasuke gives a questioning look…

And you review…(hehe…)

The real End…

There you go! Oh gosh… I put so many twists here. Like there wasn't even suppose to be a story about the knife and the killer and all… it's just a simple man who saw someone outside… but it was super short so I placed some twists…eheh…well, anywayz, tell me what you think about this story… and for grammar and spelling: blame my computer…

So yeah… please review! They make me happy! One time I had a really low score on my quiz then I had a review and I was happy! So I wanted to do another chapter! So see? They help… like a LOT. If you don't, I'll get all sad… and lazy… then eventually do nothing except spending quality time with my pillow… haha… anywayz, R&R!

THANKS A LOT

crazed aki