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Sorry it took ages for this chapter to come out. I've been working on my other fanfics and a story I'm writing for fun. But it's finally here! Enjoy! :D

Thanks to Hex-Fox for suggesting the idea to this chapter! You rock Kira-chan! And thank you to everyone who has been reading this story so far!

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Chapter V – OMG Ghost! Age in flashback: 6

After chatting for ages to each other about what had been happening in their lives, it was finally getting late.

"Alright, got a place for me to sleep?" Kisame asked. Gaara nodded and led him to his room.

"I'll set up a sleeping space on the floor for you", Gaara said. Kisame nodded and looked around the room.

"Hey, remember when we were convinced the house was haunted when I stayed over your house one night?" Kisame grinned at the memory.

"Oh yeah! We were so tired in the morning! And we didn't even see anything!" Gaara replied.

"We should totally try that again", Kisame said.

"Hm, yeah, alright then!" Gaara set up his friend's bed just in case and by then it was around 9 at night.

"Alright, let's start in here and work our way around", Gaara said.

"Agreed".

"Hey, Kisame", Gaara turned to Kisame and smiled. This was the first time Kisame was sleeping over and they were both too excited to sleep.

"Yeah?" Kisame replied.

"Do you believe in ghosts?" Gaara tilted his head to the side.

"Yep. Why?"

"I think my room is haunted". Kisame laughed.

"Well, we should find out!" He cheered. Gaara cringed a little, and Kisame noticed this.

"Oh, come on, don't worry! I'll bite the ghost if it tries anything!" Kisame bared his teeth.

"Alright then. Here, ghosty, ghosty, ghosty", Gaara called out into the darkness of his room. No response.

"Lemme try. Ghost, get your butt out here!" Kisame called.

"Be polite, Kisame!" Gaara said.

"Ghost, please get your butt out here", Kisame corrected himself. Still silence.

"I has a cookie!" Gaara offered. Nothing.

"I won't bite you!" Kisame said. Silence.

This continued for a little while. Both Gaara and Kisame were starting to get tired.

"Let's look around your room, maybe he's hiding", Kisame got up off his bed on the floor and walked over to Gaara's bed.

"Okay then", Gaara climbed out of bed, holding his teddy bear.

"If the ghost is mean, teddy will scare him off. Right, teddy?" Gaara said to the stuffed toy.

"Grr", Gaara changed his voice a little and acted as teddy's voice.

"Good", Kisame nodded, and they began their search.

"Hello?" Kisame looked under the bed. No ghost.

"Ghost?" Gaara opened his toy box, stood on his tippy toes and peered inside. Not here. Kisame looked in the closet and shook his head.

"Maybe, he's in the kitchen?" Gaara asked. Kisame walked over to Gaara.

"Alright. We'll go check. And I'm thirsty, anyway", Kisame said. Gaara nodded and walked over to the door. Kisame followed close behind.

Gaara was just about to reach for the handle when there was a loud bang on the door from the other side.

"Ahh!" Gaara freaked out and ran for his bed, cowering under the blankets. Kisame got scared too and did the same. They were both cowering behind the blankets on Gaara's bed. The door slowly creaked open.

"He's coming…" Gaara whispered. Kisame nodded and gulped fearfully. They both peaked out from the blankets and there was someone standing there.

"Wooooh", the ghost said.

"It's a ghost!" Gaara screamed and Kisame screamed too. The ghost walked in slowly, flailing its arms in the air. Gaara and Kisame kept screaming. Suddenly, the room became very bright.

"What the hell's going on here?" A familiar feminine voice exclaimed.

"Temari! There's a ghost! Watch out!" Gaara screamed to his sister.

"Yeah, he'll eat you!" Kisame screamed too.

"Ghost? What ghost?" Temari asked. She walked up to the ghost.

"There!" Gaara and Kisame said simultaneously, pointing to the ghost in front of her. She pulled the white sheet off the 'ghost'.

"Kankuro?" Gaara and Kisame came out from under the sheets. Kankuro laughed and Temari hit him hard over the head with the frypan she was holding.

"Ow!" Kankuro exclaimed.

"Quit scaring the poor little guys!" Temari yelled at him.

"You scared us!" Gaara yelled.

"I heard you guys calling out something about a ghost, so I thought I'd put a prank!" Kankuro laughed. Temari hit him over the head with the frypan again and held her arms out.

"Aww, come here you too", she said. Gaara and Kisame came running up. She hugged them both.

"If big bad Kankuro ever tries that again", she said in a sweet, soothing voice, "He'll be very sorry", her voice changed to nasty and she glared at him.

"Sorry, sorry. Good night, you three", Kankuro apologized and went back to his room.

"You tell me if he tries anything like that again, okay?" Temari ruffled the boys' hair.

"We will!" They chorused. Temari smiled and left for her room.

"What now?" Kisame asked when she left the room and closed the door.

"Kankuro might try that again. We should be on guard", Gaara said. So they built a fort out of pillows and blankets on Gaara's bed, sat in it, and waited just in case. Eventually, they became too tired, and drifted off to sleep.

"Back then we were amateurs. Let's investigate properly", Kisame said. Gaara nodded, "we need a torch, and we'll walk around quietly, investigating every room".

Kisame nodded, "and don't forget the frypan".

"Yes, of course not".

Their investigation will continue next chapter. Thanks so much for reading and I'll try to get better at updating faster!

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