Breathe In the Rain

Monsters say BOO!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but I do own Kumo Dokusatsu, Keo Soma and Rio Soma

In light of the holiday tomorrow, I've made the next few chapters about Halloween.

and guess what's before Halloween?

That's right Kumo's birthday.

FUN!

=)


Song: Viva la vida

Artist: Coldplay


Kumo skipped down the street, holding a wallet in one hand and a small plastic bag in the other.

Inside was a candle and a match box,

She would see her mysterious dark savior if it meant using a night light.

It was scented too.

Cherry Love

It smelt like heavenly cherries, sugar, and small amount of lusty perfume mixed in.

Kumo grinned as she began to spin around a hum multiple tunes, mixing them into one.

"Kumo Funny!" Keo shouted, racing up next to Kumo

"Funny! Funny!" Rio chimed in, nearly tripping over his own stick legs.

Keo was slightly more muscular than Rio, there for, fed more.

However, Rio had more brains.

"It's nice to see you two again" Kumo laughed, patting them on the head while she continued on her merry way.

"Why does Kumo live at the monsters house?" Rio asked, eyeing Kumo who only furrowed her brow.

"Monster?" She whispered, trying to figure out whom they meant by monster.

"Yea, scary house where people disappear" Keo added in, taking Kumo's hand.

Kumo put her wallet in her bag and slug the bag over her shoulder, swinging Keo's hand along with hers as Rio still studied her with his big, baby eyes.

Both had giant blue eyes and dirty brown hair covered in dirt that shagged around their head.

Kumo was convinced they both had an infestation of rats in their hair once or twice before.

"People don't disappear!" Kumo laughed, looking to the brilliant blue sky without a cloud in sight.

She would definitely miss breathing in the water that came from the sky.

However, she was having just as much fun here in the sand as she did in the leafs.

"But .... He's scary!" Keo whispered, pulling Kumo to a stop.

Now it cleared it up to her.

They were talking about Kankuro.

He was really scary with all his make-up and perverted nature.

Kumo glared in the air, rubbing her hip with her hand that held Keo's for the memory of Kankuro burned in her mind.

He had slapped her butt!

"Ooo! I'm so going to smack the rocks from his head!" Kumo growled, shaking her fist with the bag in it.

"Huh?" Rio giggled, looking at her as if she was crazy.

Kumo blinked and came back, looking to both of their faces and sighed.

She had been getting that look so much lately.

Kumo was beginning to question her own insanity because of so many looks.

"Wait... you two are talking about Kankuro... right?" Kumo asked, looking to the two of them as they burst out into laughter.

Roaring over, they both fell to the ground and laughed with all their might.

Kumo was afraid their loud laughter might break them.

"What's so funny?" Kumo asked, giving them an angry pout look.

"Lord Kankuro isn't scary" Rio giggled.

"Maybe not scary, but a pervert..." Kumo grumbled, rolling her eyes.

"We were talking about lord Gaara"

Kumo looked to them and laughed a bit.

"Come on, he's not even slightly scary" Kumo joked, stepping over them and heading toward the house.

"Kumo!" They cried, pulling on her wrists.

"What?" She cried, turning to them only to go rigid then pull them into her arms, they were covered in fear and tears.

"Please don't go! He'll kill you like he did his mother, and other people in the village!" Rio cried.

"Please don't leave us!" Keo added in.

"I'm not going to die" Kumo laughed, hugging them before standing and looking to the roof and saw Gaara sitting on it, watching her.

Kumo waved only to have Keo and Rio pull on her.

"He will!" Keo stated.

"You two are worry-warts... I can take care of myself" Kumo stated, smiling at them and leaving the two in the streets with worried looks on their faces.

Kumo stood beside the house and called up to Gaara.

"Gaara!" She cried, but he didn't answer.

"GA-RAWR! PLEASE DON'T IGNORE ME! I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING!" Kumo shouted louder, smirking to herself.

He wouldn't ignore her if she used the name he hated.

"Go away!" A growl came echoing down toward her.

"COME ON, PARTY POOPER!" Kumo laughed, leaning back and looking to him.

He glared down at her.

"Go away" He hissed before leaning back out of sight.

"Party pooper!" She cried, kicking the house and storming off.

She just wanted to ask him a question.

Actually, she just wanted to talk to him, she didn't know what she would ask him as long as it started a conversation.

Kumo had a feeling if she tried to talk to him, as if she were a normal person, he might open up and she could change him to a happier person sooner.

Kumo sighed and closed her eyes, leaning up against the rock hard sand, the shade covering her.

"What's your question?"

Kumo jumped up, looking around and smiled when she found Gaara standing there with a dazed look on him.

Kumo smiled at him and he suddenly looked lost at her.

"Why are you doing that?" He growled.

"I thought I was the one asking the questions" Kumo giggled.

Gaara rolled his eyes and leaned up against the wall coolly, trying to look like he wasn't looking at her from the corner of his eye.

Kumo didn't notice it, but he was staring at her smile, and it was making him uneasy that she was smiling at him.

No one had really, truly smiled at Him before.

Kumo put her index finger on her nose as she tried to think of a conversation starter.

"Do you guys ever do a haunted house?" Kumo blurted out.

"What?" Gaara sighed, looking to her with his full head.

"A haunted house, you know where people come into your house and go through a maze of scary creatures and things to scare them" Kumo explained, using her hands as well.

"I don't need more of a reason for people to be afraid of me" Gaara mumbled.

"Come on, it'll be fun." Kumo stated, ignoring his mumbled comment.

"If you put up the decorations, I don't see why not!"

Kumo jumped around to see a woman walking next to the Kazekage who had just came out to walk around the town.

"Huh?"

"Names Korjo, The Kazekage's assistant..." the woman stated blandly.

"I think it's a grand idea, having a haunted house here in our home... Gaara help Kumo with decorations and set it for Halloween!" The Kazekage stated with an evil smirk upon his face.

Kumo shivered, before looking to Gaara who rolled his eyes.

"Sure" He whispered, looking to the opposite direction.

"AWESOME!" Kumo shouted, grabbing his hand and racing toward the town center.

"Gaara, you have money right?" Kumo asked, looking back to the boy who was rigid with surprise at her outburst.

He collected himself, pulling from her grip as they looked in on a holiday decoration store.

"Of course... why?" He growled.

"Because I don't have enough money for what I have in mind"

"Great..." Gaara growled, pulling out a small leather wallet to have Kumo grab it and his hand.

"Great!" Kumo chimed.

Gaara followed her around, grabbing large rolls of black, crimson red, and ruby red tissue paper. Along with large plastic tombstones that light up and made cackling sounds, three strobe-lights, a hauntingly scary CD, and a box of fake blood.

"Okay, that's all we need for now." Kumo stated, carrying half of it while Gaara carried the larger items.

"For now?" Gaara groaned, glaring to Kumo who was just smiling and walking two steps faster.

She seemed to just be in her own world.

"Okay, the entrance hallway first... this is going to be so much fun!" Kumo laughed, almost bouncing as she walked.

Gaara stayed silent but continued to glare at Kumo.

"I wonder if I can get Kankuro and Temari to help?" Kumo asked herself, opening up the door and setting everything along the hallway.

"Where does the fake blood go?" Gaara whispered, looking around at Kumo sitting in the middle and fluffying up clouds of black tissue paper.

"In a fridge, if at all possible" Kumo asked, looking up at him.

Gaara went rigid as he watched her smile at him caringly and speak softly.

"It's nice to work with someone like you, Gaara"

Gaara shook his head and rushed away.

Kumo was left to set up a black trim sea down the long hall way.

She had also bought cobwebs that she began to stick up on the walls, hanging small fake skulls along them, having a bottle of fake blood with her and dripping some along the skulls who dried with random blood marks.

Then drips went down the cob webs.

Then the crimson red and ruby red tissue paper were fluffed up and mixed in with the black.

The dark hard wood that squeaked just added effect.

Kumo set up a tombstone among and at every door way, so every time something was opened or someone walked by, it was set off and with them all with different voices, it gave a manacle laughter feeling.

"Muhahahahaha! Take that Sasuke, my haunted house is so much better then your stu-oooo-pid parties!" Kumo laughed madly, shaking her fist until she heard coughing behind her.

"Ohh, hey... want to help me set the stair case up with cobwebs and a strob light, surrounded by tissue paper so no one with see it?" Kumo asked quickly, seeing Gaara eyeing her...
like she was crazy.