Hey, it's us again, this time with a special Halloween one-shot!
Silver: We know all of you out there are used to the usual tricks and treats every year, and of course the gang is, too; which is exactly what will be going on this year, too! What surprises await everyone? Well, you'll have to read to find out, so let's get started! Bold: Narration Italics: Talking in the past
13. (Happy Halloween!)
ooo Silver's POV ooo
The autumn leaves decorated the trees with red, brown and golden colors as many of them had fallen off the trees. It had been a few months since Lisa's pregnancy started and it was now Halloween, and everyone was getting ready for the big night.
Meanwhile, I was with the rest of the gang, and we were all getting our costumes for the Halloween party that would take place at the palace. We all grinned as we walked out of the costume shop, heading back to my house to get ready.
"I can't wait for the Halloween party tonight; it's gonna be awesome!" Taka grinned.
"Yeah, that's for sure!" Maliha giggled softly, her tail twitching with excitement.
"You know; it's pretty cool that Kuri and Sakuya decided to throw everyone a Halloween party this year, then again, Foxwood's pretty well known for its celebrations." Tayla replied. I nodded, smiling at her.
"That's true... just hope that there won't be any more evil digimon trying to spoil the fun for everyone..." I finished, my ears lowering slightly. "We've had quite a few of them in the past, after all." Lisa nudged me a bit.
"Hey, don't worry about it too much, Silv; we can handle whatever they throw at us-besides, it's our duty to help protect Foxwood-Sakuya told us that herself." she smirked as everyone agreed.
"Yeah, Silver; there's nothing to worry about." Natsuke said, hugging me. I chuckled to myself.
" You're right; what was I thinking?" I shook my head, thinking about how silly I was as we made it to the front door of my house.
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Finally, it was almost time to go to the party. Lisa was helping me put the finishing touches to my costume; I was now in my Kyubimon form as I was going to be the twin-tailed demon cat, Kirara from the anime Inuyasha, while Lisa was going to be Sango, the demon slayer.
"Hold your tails still, Silv; I've almost got it." She said, tying some of my tails together.
I sighed in frustration. "Damn; why'd Kirara have to be the ONLY demon on that show with two tails? How come she couldn't have had nine like us Kyubimon, anyway?"
" Heh, don't ask me, Silv; I wasn't the one who created her." She replied as she finally finished, motioning me to my bedroom mirror.
"There; that doesn't look so bad, does it?"
"Actually I feel kinda weird about all this...I mean, I've had nine tails all my life, you know."
"Hey now, don't act like that, Silv." Lisa reassured me."I think it looks great; besides, no one else at the party's gonna have costumes like ours. In fact, I think we'll have the best ones there."
"Ok; if you say so, Lisa." I soon noticed the time; it was now seven o' clock in the evening. "Well, we'd better get going-it's almost time for the party to start."
"Yeah; the others are waiting for us." Lisa nodded; we told everyone else to go ahead of us earlier, as we wanted our costumes to remain a surprise. I smiled as she grabbed her Hiraikotsu (A/N: Sango's primary weapon on the show.) and we headed out the front door, locking it in the process.
ooo Natsuke's POV ooo
Meanwhile, at the palace, all of the citizens had gathered for the party. Halloween decorations were hung all over the palace and everyone was dressed in their best costumes. the adults, including Silver's parents, had gotten into the spirit.
"I wonder what's taking Lisa and Silver so long..." Imani thought aloud; she was dressed as the bride of Frankenstein. I shrugged, my tail twitching slightly in my costume. I was dressed as Miroku from Inuyasha, while Silver's sisters were dressed as various characters from Tenchi Muyo and Sailor Moon. Even Lady Sakuya decided to dress up as Kagura from Inuyasha, while Kuri was a knight. I blinked a bit as Lyoko wasn't with us anymore, as we suddenly started to hear music playing from somewhere else other than the ballroom.
"What in the world...?" Lady Sakuya blinked a bit as the song intensified;we instantly recognized it. It was Sango's theme. We whirled around in surprise as Lisa and Silver soon walked through the door dressed in their costumes, smirking at our expressions.
I smirked."Hehe, awesome costumes, you guys!"
"Well now, that IS creative!" Kuri smirked to himself.
"What a way to make an entrance, you two."
"Thanks, your highness. Lyoko, you can turn off the CD now." Lisa chuckled softly as Lyoko had been hiding underneath the staircase with a CD player the entire time, giggling to herself as she turned it off.
Sakura laughed to herself, looking at Silver's costume, the little kit being dressed as a priestess herself as she was cradled in her mommy's arms.
"Great costumes, you guys; especially you, Kuri." Silver grinned.
"Hehe, I always wanted to be a knight in shining armor as a kit, so I figured why not."
"Well, now that Lisa and Silver are here, we can really get things started!" I smiled as we all went to join the other citizens in the festivities.
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I had to admit, Kuri and Sakuya had really outdone themselves with the party that year. Everyone was having a great time both inside the palace and out, as they had two haunted houses, a traditional one for the youngsters, and a more frightening one for the adults. They had even enchanted the palace garden to look like a cemetery, they even zombies pop out in various places. I smirked as I watched Lyoko and her friend Kenny ran away screaming with laughter as they climbed aboard the ghost pirate ship Kuri had rigged up just days before. The pirate ship had an eerie green glow surrounding it as the rest of it looked old and worn, but it was completely safe for all of the kits to play on.
Meanwhile the rest of us decided to stay in the grand ballroom, which was decorated for the occasion, with (fake) cobwebs hanging from the walls, and there were even bats hanging from the ceiling, too as the other decorations were orange and black for the occasion. There were even mini Jack-o-lanterns on all of the tables surrounding the dance floor. Speaking of which, that's where I was with Lisa as we danced to the music Kuri and his band, now dubbed Legionbane, was playing music for the party whenever Mike and Taka needed a well deserved break.
"Man, Kuri and Sakuya throw the best parties!" Maliha grinned as she ate some of the special Halloween cookies the chefs made.
"Yeah, that's for sure!" Mike nodded, being dressed as a vampire for the night."But you know, we seem to be having a lot of parties lately."
"And what's wrong with that? You've got to live a little, Mike!" Edwardia giggled softly, she was dressed as Kagome, taking a sip of apple cider. Suddenly, she saw something that she didn't think she'd see inside it; there was a cockroach inside her cup. She screamed as she dropped it and the cockroach spilled out along with the cider. Mike laughed as Edwardia tried to catch her breath.
"Haha, gotcha!" He smirked as he stooped to pick up the cockroach, squeezing it as it squeaked."Relax, Edwardia it's just rubber!"
Edwardia growled. "I'm gonna kill you for that, Mike!" She started to go towards him as he immediately darted to another side of the ballroom. "COME BACK HERE!!" she chased after him as the rest of the gang laughed at how silly they were. Soon Lisa and I got tired of dancing as we rejoined the group to take a breather.
"Hey, what'd we miss, guys?" Lisa blinked a bit as Edwardia chased Mike around the ballroom, chasing him out the door.
"Mike just played a Halloween prank on Edwardia." Tayla explained. I smirked.
"Ahh, the first prank of the night I see."
"Something tells me there'll be a few more, love." Lisa giggled softly. We laughed as we all sat together, watching the other citizens as they kept dancing to the music, seeing some of the older kits playing with some of the various RC vehicles they had brought with them. I watched some of the kits acting in their costumes, even seeing a couple of them play-fighting as little ninjas. I snuggled next to Lisa, purring softly.
"Soon that's going to be our kit out there, love." I smiled as she blushed deeply.
"Yeah," she smiled, placing a paw on her tummy, feeling our future little one moving inside her. "With as much as our baby's moving around in there, it won't be long now."
Sakuya chuckled, smiling as she sat with us. "Don't worry, Lisa; Kuri and I invited Dr. Taro as well, just in case."
"Thanks, because I don't think I could make it to my doctor on Earth if it were to happen tonight." I chuckled as she sweatdropped slightly. Maliha then got up.
"I think I'll go outside for a few minutes; I'll be right back." she said as she walked out of the ballroom.
"Huh, I wonder what that's all about?" Mike replied as Edwardia finally stopped chasing him.
"Something tells me she's got a prank in mind..." Silver whispered to Lisa, smirking to herself as she giggled softly. About 10 minutes later, Tayla blinked softly.
"I'll be back in a sec, guys-I think Maliha needs my help with something..." she soon got up from her seat as we decided to grab something from the buffet trains. Suddenly, a familiar shriek of surprise came from out in the hallway near the staircase as well as a few loud splashes. We all ran out of the ballroom to find Maliha laughing at Tayla, who was soaked from head to toe, glaring angrily at her. I looked down seeing pieces of broken water balloons, that were hanging above the door, at Tayla's feet."Heh, I guess it WAS a prank, Silver..."
We all looked to Tayla, who finally managed to speak.
"YOU are SO going to get it, Maliha!!!!" she then caught us off guard by tackling her to the ground. Lady Sakuya quickly covered Sakura's ears as not to let her hear anything she wasn't supposed to as the twosome started rolling around on the ground.
"C'mon, Tay; can't you take a joke!?" Maliha laughed as Tayla tried to tackle her.
"I guess not..." Silver said as everyone watched as Maliha got back up before Tayla finally tackled her to the ground outside.
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"Boy, this is some party so far, huh?"
"I'll say, there's already been two pranks pulled just in our gang alone." at that moment another yell was heard.
"Heh, you'd better make that three Natsuke..." we all ran upstairs to another part of the palace to discover Kuri was flat on his back.
"Kuri! Are you alright?" Taka went over to him, helping him up.
"I, I think so...one minute I got a call to come up here to get something from my lab, and the next a giant spider came shooting out of the door!" he shuddered at the thought. Lisa blinked a bit.
"I wonder who could've done that-I mean, all of us were downstairs when it happened..."
Luna took a look at the spider. "Um, Kuri...the spider's not real-it's fake." Kuri's eyes widened in shock.
"A, are you sure about that, Luna?"
"Yep, there's a control switch under its belly; it must've been set to pop out at the moment you opened the door."
"But who could've planted it?" we blinked softly, hearing a laugh behind us as Sakuya came up the stairs.
"Well now, I see that was a big success." she smirked.
"S, Sakuya...you did this??" Kuri gaped.
"Yes love, this was just too good to pass up; so I had a friend of mine rig that spider just for that prank."
"Wow; I didn't know Sakuya was into pranks..."
"Me neither, Edwardia." Luna agreed.
"I'm surprised at you, love..." Kuri blushed. "Y, you know how I feel about spiders..."
"Hey, that's what Halloween's about, Kuri; scaring the crap out of your friends with their worst fears." Taka smirked. Mike rolled his eyes, bonking his partner on the head.
"Knock it off, Taka." he said through clenched teeth.
"Ow, okay I get it!"
Sakuya nuzzled Kuri gently. "I'm sorry,love. No hard feelings?"
Kuri smiled. He knew he couldn't stay mad at Sakuya for long. "No hard feelings, love; and now that I look back on it, it WAS a great prank."he chuckled, kissing her lovingly.
We smiled warmly at the scene as their tails intertwined with each other as we headed back downstairs to the party while one of the servants cleaned up the mess from Sakuya's prank.
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On our way back, we took a look outside, blinking a bit as we heard an explosion, followed by Mohatu yelling out. We rushed outside, finding his clothes soaked with fake blood. He glared angrily at Yoshiro, who was dressed in his own armor as a WarGreymon, was laughing at him. Pieces of a broken Jack-o-lantern dripping with bits of fake blood were also on the ground around them.
" Looks like even adults like to pull pranks on Halloween."
"Yeah, Silv, but how'd Yoshiro rig that one up?"
" I'm guessing he had it put under a spell. Father is a master when it comes to magic spells, after all."
Imani covered her mouth with one of her paws, trying her best not to laugh at her husband, who suddenly started to laugh with Yoshiro after he managed to calm down.
"Great prank, Yoshiro." he smirked as he placed a paw on his friend's shoulder.
"Hehe, I'm glad there are no hard feelings, Mohatu. Now let's go inside and let you get cleaned up."
"Good idea. I don't think I'd look good with bloody fur." he laughed as the twosome went back into the palace together.
"Well, at least Mohatu was a good sport about everything." Luna smiled as we went back inside, seeing the Tamers had made it through the gate, some of the gang going to check out one of the haunted houses. Rika came over to us with Renamon, who spotted us from a distance.
"Hey you guys, it's been a while!"
"Hey, Rika, hey Renamon; glad you could make it!"
" Well, we wouldn't dare miss one of the biggest parties of the year, Lisa, especially since Gogglehead suggested we come here instead of spending it at home like we always do." Rika rolled her eyes, she was dressed as a banshee.
" Now, Rika; this is a nice change of pace." Renamon smiled.
"Yeah, I know. So, have there been any pranks pulled yet?"
Taka chuckled."Oh, man; where do we even start?"
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We then started telling Rika all about the pranks that were pulled so far as some of the chefs passed around some candy and caramel apples for everyone outside. Rika laughed after we finished.
" Sounds like you are having a great time tonight." Renamon giggled softly, biting into a caramel apple.
" Yeah, I'll say." suddenly, there was another yell, this time coming from one of the haunted houses(the one for older kits and adults).
"It seems, Kazu's pulled one of his pranks, Rika..."
We blinked softly as Takato chased Kazu out of the house , his face completely covered in shaving cream.
" RELAX, CHUMLEY, IT WAS ONLY A JOKE!" Kazu laughed as Takato chased him into the 'cemetery'.
Takato growled angrily. "I'M GOING TO GET YOU, KAZU, JUST YOU WAIT!!"
We couldn't help but laugh at how silly those two were acting as they disappeared out of sight. Guilmon and Terriermon blinked as they got their candy apples.
"Huh, I wonder what that was all about, Guilmon..."
"I dunno, but Takatomon didn't look happy at all, that's for sure."
"Hey, you wanna go in the haunted house with me?"
"'K; only, can we go into the one the kits are going in? I dunno if I'm ready for the other one yet..."
Terriermon smiled at his friend. "Sure, buddy. Let's go!" he grinned as they went into the house together. Calumon, blinked a bit as he saw them.
" Hey, I wanna go too!" he giggled as he flew after them.
" Me too! Me too!" MarineAngemon grinned, following close behind.
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The rest of us decided to go into the haunted house same haunted house Takato and Kazu left after a few minutes. The special effects inside were amazing as Kuri and Sakuya had enchanted it to include all of the monsters from all of the scariest movies from the past. The girls, except Rika, were feeling pretty scared as we went through, but since we were with them, they felt safe.
ooo Normal POV ooo
The stars had started to come out and the party was still going on. Quite a few more pranks had happened between the rest of the gang, except for me, which was a relief in my case. I was sitting with Natsuke while some of our friends had decided to go upstairs to the arcade.
"So, did you have a good time tonight, love?" Natsuke asked, smiling at me.
"Yeah, I did; I'm just surprised that our friends were able to pull so many pranks on each other in one night."
"Heh, I don't know why, it IS Halloween, after all; I'm only glad they avoided pulling something on you. I don't want anything to happen to our baby before it's born-." his eyes suddenly widened when I let out a sharp gasp.
I held my stomach, feeling the baby moving inside a lot more than usual.
"Oh, damn...Lisa, PLEASE tell me this is a prank..."
I groaned, closing my eyes tightly in pain. "I, I wouldn't do that-GO get Dr. Taro...it's TIME!!!!"
He nodded, quickly getting up, running frantically before tripping on a Jack-o-Lantern that was in the way, somehow landing in front of the village's doctor who was at the door of the grandballroom.
"Heh, I was just about to get you..." he sweatdropped as Dr. Taro looked up, seeing I was in pain.
"Oh, dear..." he quickly motioned to the servants to get some towels as a few of them helped me to get comfortable. Luckily Takato and the others were in the grandballroom so they went to get the rest of the gang while Natsuke and Dr. Taro helped me to breath. As soon as they came back, the gang looked on with the rest of the guests that had stayed behind.
The pain was almost unbearable as I felt Dr. Taro spreading my legs as the servants came back with the towels.
"I hope Lisa will be okay, Takato..."
"I'm sure she will, Guilmon."
"This kind of pain is very normal for someone who's giving birth. Lisa's baby had been inside her for months until tonight, so it's only natural she'd be feeling something move inside her by now." Renamon explained as I let out another loud cry.
"That's Lisa, keep pushing; it'll be out of there soon!" said Dr. Taro as he gently helped get the baby out.
Natsuke cringed as I tightly held onto his paw. "I'm glad I didn't give you my good paw!!" He closed his eyes in slight pain as I continued my breathing. Meanwhile, Kuri and Sakuya were saying silent prayers, and somehow that helped me calmed down as I let out a loud groan, pushing hard.
"I can see the head now, Lisa; just one more good push!"
I gathered all of my strength as I pushed one last time, letting out one more cry, feeling the baby finally coming out of me. It let out its first cries as everyone gathered around to get a closer look.
The doctor then gently wrapped the little kit in a soft towel, gently passing it to me. "Congratulations, it's a girl."
Natsuke opened his eyes after things had calmed down, beaming proudly at our new daughter. She had the same color fur as me and she had a hint of Natsuke's markings already. Lastly, there was a little tuft of raven hair coming through already.
"You did it, Lisa; you did it!" he smiled, gently petting the little one's head, making her look up at him.
"Yeah...I guess I did..." I said between pants. The rest of the gang gathered around.
"Aww, she's so cute, you guys!"
"Thanks, Edwardia." I giggled softly as Dr. Taro finished cleaning up, using a spell that would allow me to walk as soon as I was feeling better. Terriermon looked over Henry's shoulder at our daughter, getting a glimpse of her .
"She's so little..."
"All babies start off little, Terriermon; I bet you were that way when you were first born." his tamer chuckled as Calumon and MarineAngemon got a look too.
"So, do you have a name for her?" Kenta asked.
"Well, we've given it a lot of thought over the past few months, and we've decided if we had a girl, then her name would be Sasha. So Sasha it is." I smiled as Natsuke nuzzled me gently.
"Hi Sasha; I'm your mommy,"
"And I'm your daddy." The little kit gurgled happily at us, her tail wagging all the while.
Mike and Taka smirked at her. "Hehe, welcome to the gang, Sasha."
"Yeah, you're one of us now, Sasha." Edwardia gently petted her forehead, making her purr softly.
"Heh, I wonder why Sasha's so quiet after just being born..."
"Maybe it's the calm before the storm, dude." Kazu blinked as Sasha soon started to cry loudly."See what I mean?"
I giggled softly, sensing the little one was hungry.
"Okay, okay, I get the message, hon." I smiled as Edwardia helped me remove part of my costume, allowing Sasha to latch onto my breast, letting her taste my milk for the first time.
"Man, this has been a great Halloween, hasn't it?"
"Hehe, it sure was, Luna. And soon we'll be having our own baby." Taka nuzzled her as she nuzzled back.
Terriermon sweatdropped at that. "Man, looks like we'll be doing a lot of babysitting over the next few years..."
Sakuya smiled as everyone laughed at that. "Don't worry; I'm sure the servants will be more than happy to help with that if you all are too busy."
"Thanks, your highness." I smiled as Sasha sighed in content after she finished her meal, curling her little tail around her body.
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Finally the party was winding down as some of the guests went upstairs for the night except for many of the kits who decided to go trick-or-treating in the village.
"Thanks for inviting us to the party tonight, guys."
"Yeah, it was awesome!" Kazu grinned. Kuri smirked.
"Anytime, guys."
"Yes, we're just glad that things went well tonight and that nothing went out of hand with anyone's pranks." Sakuya chuckled softly.
Natsuke, who was holding Sasha, looked around a bit, noticing Silver wasn't with us. "Huh, I wonder where Silver disappeared to..."
I blinked a bit at that, soon heading out of the grand ballroom, looking for her outside. For some odd reason I then felt something slippery underneath my feet as I suddenly went out of control.
ooo Natsuke's POV ooo
My ears suddenly twitched as I heard Lisa letting out a loud cry as a loud splat was soon heard. We all ran outside, shocked to find Lisa covered head to toe in mud as she tried to get up but the ground was very slippery.
"Hey, why's the yard so slippery?"
"And why's Lisa covered in mud?"
We soon blinked as we heard laughter from up above us.
"I think I know why, guys." Rika smirked as Silver flipped off the roof, avoiding the wet mud as she walked over to her tamer.
"Boy, Lisa; you sure fell for that one!" she laughed as Lisa growled angrily.
"SILVER!! YOU DID THIS!?" Lisa was just about to pummel her when little Sasha started to laugh. She smirked, suddenly getting an idea.
"You think this is funny, huh, Sasha?" she smiled sweetly at our daughter, soon glaring at Silver. "Well then, how about this?"
She then surprised everyone by shaking the mud out of her fur, all of it landing on Silver.
"Hey! Cut it out!" Silver glared at Lisa as everyone shook their heads at how silly they were acting. Lisa then snapped a picture.
"HA! Now we're even!" she smirked evilly as it was now Silver's turn to growl.
"GIVE ME THAT CAMERA!!" she charged at Lisa, but Lisa soon tossed the camera to Lyoko.
"Lyoko! Catch!" Silver growled as she and Lisa tossed the camera back and forth to each other, starting an impromptu game of monkey-in-the-middle with her.
"Hehe, those guys will never change." I smirked as everyone laughed as the game went on into the night.
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THE END
Man, I thought I'd NEVER get that one finished...and it took over a year to finish, too...
Maliha: -grins- hey, at least you finished it in time for Halloween this year.
Tayla: yeah, so it's all water under the bridge.
Yeah, you're right, guys; hopefully I can get the next one-shot finished before the year's out. Of course now it's time to give a shout out for the reviewers of the last one-shot, or should I say reviewer...NATSUKE1985!
Silver: heh, that's weird, usually you'd have at least 2 or more reviewers, Renaki...I hope they've got a good explanation for this... -glares at the reviewers angrily-
I'm sure they do, Silv, and if anyone else reviews the last one-shot, I'll just have to add them to the list for the next one, which will most likely be the last one-shot of 2009 in the collection.
Silver: don't you mean 2008, Renaki? These one-shots ARE set in the past, you know.
Don't get me started, Silver...I'm still going to get you back for that prank you pulled on me... -smirks evilly at her-
Maliha: -sweatdrops- OKAY...I think this has dragged on long enough...so until next time...
ALL: SEE YA!!