Note: I do not own the anime (s), characters or most of the stuff that happens. The basic concept belongs to Stephen King.
Chapter 3: Back At The House
Back at the house, Neji was on a frantic search for Tenten. Suddenly he stopped in his
tracks and ran off to find Sasuke.
"Sasuke!" he yelled.
"Yeah?" came the reply.
"Have you checked on Mello yet?"
"Oh, shoot!" Sasuke stood up quickly and ran to the computer room. Neji followed
and after Sasuke messed around on the computer for a bit, a large screen at the back of
the room turned on, displaying the hotel room with Mello and…Tenten? Neji's mouth
fell open.
"Tenten! What's she doing there?" he said to himself. As soon as the screen turned on,
everyone came in and sat down to watch. L with strawberry shortcake, Beyond Birthday,
L's boyfriend and look-alike, with strawberry jam and Matt without his video games for
once. Zero also came in with water and blood tablets, Deidara came with some clay and
his younger boyfriend, Tobi, following. Sasori came in with a small puppet he was
working on. Even Naruto, Sai, Itachi and Kisame came to watch.
"Wow, everyone's here" Sasuke said.
"Not everyone" Zero said. "Zetsu, Near, Sakura and Tenten are missing."
"Not anymore. The only one missing is Tenten" a voice sounded from the doorway.
Everyone turned to see Zetsu standing in the doorway. He sat down and Near and Sakura
followed soon after. They all turned back to the screen and L nearly dropped his cake.
"What's Tenten doing there?!" he yelled.
"Calm down, L" Beyond Birthday told him. L took a couple of deep breaths and
simmered down quickly. Hinata, Light and Misa poked their heads in and sat down
quietly so they didn't make L scream again. Neji turned to Sasuke and shot him a
venomous glare.
"If she gets hurt, your head comes off" he said. Sasuke was shaking a bit and could
only nod. Tobi was watching intently and suddenly grabbed Deidara's arm.
"Senpai, what was that?" he asked, pointing to the screen.
"What was what, Tobi?" he asked.
"You didn't see it? Tobi saw the lights flicker and a misty thing in the background!"
Tobi said.
"I'm sure it was only your imagination, Tobi." He turned to Sasuke. "Have you been
filling his head with ghost stories?"
"No, I haven't. Maybe he actually saw it?" Sasuke said. Deidara turned away from
Sasuke and pulled a very scared Tobi onto his lap and held onto him tightly. Truth
be told, Deidara was a little scared too, even if he wouldn't show it. Especially in
front of Tobi. He believed in the stories and he believed Tobi saw something.