I think I'm losing the feeling in my hand. "Inuyasha stop clinging to me."

"I'm not scared…"

Funny…he says he's not scared and yet I can still feel his little claws digging into my hand.

"If you're not scared, why don't you let go of my hand?" I ask, unable to hide a grin when Inuyasha stopped, looked from the house to me, and then dropped my hand as if it were on fire. "I wasn't holdin' your hand! I just…didn't want you ta get lost!"

Right, like my 6' ft body is going to be swept away by the horde of tiny sugar filled monsters.

"Yeah...and I'm the Easter Bunny in disguise." I snorted.

Inuyasha gasped and stared at me, his big golden eyes as wide as saucers "Really?!"

Oh for the love of Tetsiga….

"No you baka!" I ran a hand my fingers through my hair in exasperation as we reached the porch of the house and blinked when the air dropped a few degrees. It was easy to see why inuyasha was scared. This house was just plain creepy.

Peeling paint, broken shutters, and dirty windows… What kind of weirdo lives here anyway?

There was another group on the porch. Three children I recognized from Inuyasha's pre-school and a girl from my history class. I think her name is Kagura.

The smallest of the girls was dressed as a miko while her taller friend seemed to be dressed as a demon slayer. The last one, a boy, was dressed as a monk.

"Inuyasha!" They shouted in unison, making Kagura roll her eyes. "Hiya guys!" Inuyasha grabbed my hand and pulled me up the steps. "Nice costumes!" The children began to chatter about the candy they had and how many houses they'd been to, leaving me to talk to Kagura...

Oh, joy.

"Hey…" I started off casually. "You got stuck with the brats?" I remember her being a sort of neighborhood baby-sitter so it wasn't surprising that she'd ended taking a group of kids ticker-treating.

She nodded. "Yeah…but I'm charging their parents for it."

Ah, smart girl.

"Yeah...I got stuck with my baby brother," I gestured in Inuyasha's direction. He was busy waving candy worms in the miko-girl's face while the demon slayer beat the monk over the head with what appeared to be a giant boomerang. Kagura looked over and much to my surprise; a small smile crossed her face, "It looks like they're getting along. He's cute though…kind of like you."

Ha! We may share a father but that germ ridden child looks nothing me!

…Wait, she thinks I'm cute?

Before I could ask, I felt a small tug at me sleeve. "Sesshomaru! We want to get some candy now!" Inuyasha pointed to where his friends waited by the door. I sigh again.

"Then ring the door bell."

Apparently, this didn't sit well with him.

"But…I don't wanna.." He screwed up his face into a pouty-frown. Once again, I sigh.

"Why not?" I asked, even though I already knew the answer. "Are you scared?"

The frowned on his face was instantly replaced with a scowl, "No!"

I smirked "Then ring the bell."

Touché little brother.

Kagura broke in with a sigh. "Its ok inuyasha…I'll ring the bell. Your big brother is too scared to do it." With that she turned on her heel and walked to the door, the other children trailing behind her.

Why that cheeky little witch! How dare she suggest that this Sesshoumaru fears something as stupid as a creepy house!

While I silently steamed, Kagura rang the door bell. It didn't 'ring' like a normal bell.

It started with a high pitched buzz then faded into a screechy warble…a very creepy sound indeed.

The children seemed to think the same thing, as they were all now hiding behind Kagura's legs. "T-tricker-treat!" They called cautiously.

For a moment nothing happened. I was about to suggest that we move on when the front door slowly opened…

You know how the door opens in moves with the creaky sound and the fog rolling out across the floor?

Yeah, it was something like that.

I could hear the miko girl whimper as the door opened wider, a shadowy figure filling the door way. "Welcome…children." The figures raspy voice seemed to echo. "Welcome...to your doom!!"

A pale, long fingered hand with blood red claws reached out into the light…..

"AAIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"

The miko child's scream set off a chain reaction. The demon slayer, the monk, and Inuyasha's screams followed a nano second later though, not surprisingly, Kagura's shriek nearly drowned them all out.

To this day I still don't remember why I grabbed Inuyasha and bolted down the steps.

Maybe it was instinct. That would explain why I went running down the street with a screaming, flailing boy in my arms followed by three screaming children and a shrieking teen-age girl.

I wasn't scared, if that's what you were thinking.

I went back later that night, after I found out that the house actually belonged to my principal, Naraku, and he had been scaring the living day lights out of people all night. So with the help of Kagura, I egged and T.P'd the house until it was unrecognizable.

Candy may be sweet but revenge is far sweeter.

Did I mention I'm taking Inuyasha Tricker-treating next year?

The End!!!