Me: ahhaah! ^^;;; I re-read my story so far and I notice some spelling errors I feel like a idiot now but oh well I'll try harder from making those mistakes ^^
Dei: only you would notice them after putting the chapters out un…-sighs-
Me: I used but I double checked it!
Dei: well you still messed up so nyeh xp
Me: TT-TT…..i own nothing….
Dei: on with the story un!
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Truth or ScArE?
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---Naruto's POV---
Halloween. My favorite day of the year. The one day of the year that I fit in. It's the only day everyone accepts me and compliments me, and I even get rewarded for it by generous neighbors who don't think I'm too old to celebrate-or are afraid of what my tricks would be.
But this year I decided I really wanted to wear a costume. I shopped in stores I usually never went to and borrowed things from Kushina. I combed my hair down, which was impossible task and wore a lusciously soft white cashmere sweater with a pink tennis skirt; yeah I'm dressing up as girl tennis player so what? Apparently Kushina says I can do that because I'm a shota hah! But anyways I gave myself a healthy glow with some o her base and blush and wore a soft plum lipstick. I even carried Minato's tennis racket. I went around saying things like, "Mummy dear, I'll be home after my tennis lesson!"
Konohamaru didn't even recognize me as I passed him in the kitchen. Then his mouth dropped open when he realized it was me and not a neighbor's kid dropping over for sugar.
"….Why were you born a boy instead of a girl?" he said, dressed as a baseball player. I thought I might have beaten him up right then and there.
Kushina wanted to take pictures. Go figure. She was acting like I was going to the prom; of course I would never wear a dress even if I was going to prom. See? There is a limit to my madness. I let her take one picture. I figured she should have one to show her yaoi fan girl friends I guess.
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Deidara and I were eating lunch in the cafeteria later that day. Everyone looked at me like I was a new student, and none the less a new girl student. Really, no one regconized me. It was fun at first, then a bit annoying. I got stares when I dressed in black. I got stares when I dressed in white. I couldn't win! Then Sai came into the cafeteria dressed as Dracula. His hair was slicked back, and he was sporting a black cape. He had plastic fangs and red-hot lips.
He stood with Sasori as he glanced all around to find me. He wanted to rub his new look in my face. Sasori finally pointed to me and Sai did a double take. He stared at me long and hard, looked me up and down. I had never seen him gaze at me like that before. It was as he actually had a crush, as he checked out my preppy white sweater and healthy glow.
---Normal POV---
Naruto thought for sure Sai would come over and say something stupid, but instead he sat at the opposite side of the cafeteria with his back to him. He even left before Naruto did. 'I'm free! I'm free of him!'Naruto thought. But he was wrong. He should have known their truce wouldn't last.
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Naruto's little pumpkin basket was almost filled with Smarties, Snickers, Mary Janes, Jolly Ranchers, Double Bubble gum, and other treats. And most importantly-spider rings and temporary tattoos. Deidara and Naruto had walked all over town and now wondered what awaited them at the front door of the mysterious mansion. They we're saving the best house for last. Apparently so was everyone else.
There was actually a line to the front door. It was like they were at Disney World. Ghouls, punks, bums, Mickey mouse, Fred Flintstone, and Homer Simpson were all eagerly waiting their turn. And a bunch of coiffed parents who showed up to steal a peek inside. The circus was in town, and everyone had come to look at the freaks.
"He's really creepy," a twelve-year old Frankenstein remarked to a pint-sized werewolf as they passed us.
Konohamaru spotted Naruto and Deidara as he walked down the driveway.
"It's well worth the wait, Naruto. You'll love it! Uh…this is my sister!" he proudly said to his geekoid Batman friend, who looked at Naruto with junior crush eyes.
'You lying little…whatever.'Naruto thought. "Did you see any shrunken heads? Maybe monsters with fangs?" He asked.
"No."
"Then maybe we're wasting our time."
"That old man is really freaky. He looks scary and he isn't even wearing a costume!"
Even though he lied to his friend about his real gender, though who would tell there friend that their sibling is cross dressing, Naruto could see Konohamaru was trying to bond with him, since this was the first time he could actually show him off to his friend. But Naruto could also tell Kono was expecting a verbal body slam.
"Thanks for the info."
"Thanks? Uh…yeah…of course, Sis."
"I'll see you at home, if you want to trade any candy bars."
Konohamaru nodded willingly. He smiled and left like he had finally met his long lost brother.
Deidara and Naruto eagerly waited their turn. They were last in line, and as Charlie Brown and a witch who were in front of them stepped away with their goods, the door closed. Naruto looked at the S-shaped knocker and wondered if it was the initials of the new owner. When he peered closer, he was it was a serpent with emerald eyes. Naruto rapped it gently, hoping the gothic guy would answer. He wanted to ask him if he was the one in the road the other night, and if so, what he had been doing? Most people exercise at the gym, not on spooky country roads in the dead of night. But no one answered.
"Let's go un," Deidara suggested nervously.
"No, we waited forever for this! I'm not turning back until I get some candy. He owes us!"
"I'm tired un. We've been out all night un. It's probably just some creepy old guy who wants to go to bed un. And I do to un."
"We can't leave now."
"I'm going home, Naruto un."
"I can't believe you're so chicken. C'mon, I thought we were friends."
"We are. But it's late un."
"Okay, okay. I'll call you tomorrow and tell you all about Mister Creepy."
There were enough treaters walking around that Naruto was afraid for mousy Deidara. He'd get home safe. 'But would I?' he thought.
Naruto stared at the serpent knocker and wondered what stood behind the huge wooden door. Maybe the new owner would pull him inside and hold him captive in his haunted mansion. He could only hope!
Naruto knocked again and waited. And waited.
He knocked again. He banged and banged and banged, till his hand was starting to hurt. Naruto dashed around to the side, then he heard the locks coming unlatched and the creaky door opening. Naruto quickly ran back up to the front steps. And there he was, standing before Naruto: Creepy Man.
He was tall, not skinny but not to muscular either. His face and hands pale as snow, in sharp contrast to his dark butler's uniform. He had gray hair that stood up as if it could defy gravity, and he had a mask covering half his face. Naruto loved him.
"Hmm…not every year we see someone cross-dressing, but I'm sorry we have no more candy," he said in a deep foreign accent as he peered down at Naruto.
Mentally sighing Naruto decided to let the comment slide.
"Really? But you must have something. Some peanut-butter twist? A piece of toast? Ramen?"
He opened the door, no further than necessary. Naruto couldn't see a thing behind him. What did the place look like inside? How had it changed since he had snuck it four years before? And who were "we," and did they look creepy, too? They could all be friends. Naruto felt someone watching, looming, and he tried to step past the doorway.
"Who else lives here?" he asked boldly. "Do you have a son?"
"I don't have any children. And I'm sorry, but we don't have a crumb left." He started to shut the door.
"Wait!" Naruto blurted out and blocked the door open with his shoe. He reached into his pumpkin basket and pulled out a Snickers and a spider ring. "I'd like to welcome you to the neighborhood. This is my favorite candy and my favorite Halloween treat. I hope you enjoy them, too."
He almost didn't smile. But then as Naruto placed the treats in his snow-white fingers, he smiled, or at least from what Naruto could tell it looked like a smile.
"See you!" He said, dancing down the steps.
He had got to meet the creepy man! Everyone in town could say they had gotten candy from him, but who else could say they had given him a treat?
Naruto spun around on the front lawn and looked back at the grand mansion. He saw a shadowy figure watching from the attic window. Was it the gothic guy? He quickly stopped spinning and stared back, but there wasn't anyone there, just the ruffle of a dark curtain.
He had just passed through the iron gate when a ghoulish vampire in a red Camaro drove up to the curb.
"Want a ride, little boy?" Sai asked. Sasori sat comfortably behind the wheel.
"My mother told me not to talk to strangers," Naruto said, taking a difficult bite of a Mary Jane. He was not in the mood for a Sai confrontation.
"I'm not a stranger, babe. Aren't you too old to be trick-or-treating?"
"Aren't you too old to be toilet-papering the town?"
Sai got out of the car and came over to Naruto. He looked particularly sexy. Of course, he found all vampires sexy, even fake ones.
"What are you suppose to be?" he asked.
"I'm dressed up as a freak, can't you tell?"
Sai was trying to be cool but he was stepping on himself. Naruto was the only boy or girl who said no to him. The only boy in town he could never have. He had always been a mystery because of the way he dressed and behaved, and now he was standing before him dressed as his perfect uke.
"So you're visiting Amityville by yourself?" he stared up at the mansion. "You're a wicked boy, aren't you?" He glanced down, sending chills through Naruto-he was gorgeous in his Dracula cape.
Naruto said nothing.
"I bet you've never kissed a vampire before," Sai said, his plastic teeth shining in the moonlight.
"Well, when you see one, let me know," Naruto said, and started to walk away.
Sai grabbed his arm.
"Give it a rest, Sai!"
He pulled Naruto in closer. "Well, I've never kissed a tennis player," he joked.
Naruto laughed, it was such a corny line. Sai kissed him full on the mouth, his plastic teeth getting in the way. And Naruto let him. Maybe he was still dizzy from spinning on the lawn.
Sai finally came up for air.
"Well, now you have!" Naruto said, pulling away. "I think Sasori is waiting on you!"
"I didn't get any candy!" he said, fingering Naruto's pumpkin basket. He pulled out a Snicker bar.
"Hey that's my favorite! Take a peanut-butter twist."
Sai ate the Snickers with his vampire teeth, which came loose and fell on the ground, dripping with chocolate and caramel. Naruto quickly reached for them, but Sai grabbed his arm, spilling his candy everywhere.
"Look what you've done!" Naruto shouted.
Sai grabbed handfuls of candy and stuffed them into his jeans. Naruto watched as his remaining treats were strewn across the lawn. The only candy he could salvage were some boring Smarties and a smash Mars Bar.
"Still want to be an item?" Sai asked, his pockets full with candy as he pulled Naruto close. "Still want to be my boyfriend?"
Suddenly he let go and started towards the mansion. "Now I'll get some real candy."
Naruto grabbed his arm this time. Who knew what Sai would do if he reached the door?
"Miss me already?" he asked, startled that Naruto hadn't run away.
"They're out of candy."
"Well, I'll just see about that!"
"Their lights are off. They went to sleep."
"This'll wake them up." He pulled out a can of spray paint from underneath his cape. "They definitely need someone who knows how to decorate!"
Sai walked on toward the mansion. Naruto ran after him.
"No, Sai. Don't!"
He pushed past Naruto. He was going to vandalize the one thing in this town that was truly beautiful.
"No!" Naruto cried.
He popped the lid and shook the can.
Naruto tried pulling his arm away, but Sai threw him down.
"Let's see . . . how about 'Welcome to the neighborhood!'?"
"Don't, Sai, don't!"
"Or 'Vampires love company!' I'll sign your name."
Not only was he going to deface their property, he was going to frame Naruto for it. He shook the can once more. And began to spray the mansion.
Naruto rushed to his feet and pulled back his tennis racket. He used to play with his brother, and no game was more important to win than this one. He locked his eyes on the aluminum paint-filled cylinder as if it were a ball, and smacked it as hard as he could. The can spun off into the distance, and, like his usual game, he lost his grip and the racket went flying with it. Sai let out a yell so loud Naruto thought the whole world would hear. 'Guess I hit more than the can.' Naruto thought.
Suddenly the front door light came on, and Naruto heard the jingle of the locks being unlatched.
"We gotta get out of here!" Naruto yelled to Sai, who was crouching down holding his wounded hand.
Naruto was ready to make his escape when he felt something he had never felt before: a presence. Naruto turned around and let out a soundless gasp, because fear had taken his breath away. Naruto stood frozen.
There he was. Not the creepy man. Not Mr. or Mrs. Mansion family. But the gothic guy, gothic mate, gothic prince. He stood before Naruto, like a knight of the night! His was spiky and black no offense, but it kinda looked like a ducks butt. His onyx eyes were dark, deep, lovely, lonely, adoringly, intelligent, dreamy. A gateway into his dark soul. He, too, stood motionless, breathing Naruto in. His face was pale like Naruto's and his tight black T-shirt was tucked into his black jeans, which were tucked into monster-chic punk-rock combat boots.
Normally fear is something Naruto felt only when he knew Kushina was hosting a Mary Kay party and wants to use him as a model. But they were on private property, and his curiosity to meet this strange creature was overwhelmed by his fear of getting caught.
The tennis shoes really were a good choice tonight. Naruto could hear Sai yelling at him as he followed Naruto in flight.
"You monster! You broke my hand!"
Naruto raced through the open gate and climbed into the waiting Camaro.
"Drive me home!" Naruto screamed. "Now!"
Sasori was startled by his unexpected passenger. He was just staring at Naruto, in silent denial.
"Drive me now! Or I'll tell the police you were involved!"
"The police?" he blurted out. "What's Sai got us into now?"
Naruto could see the angry Count Sai running down the driveway, his cape flowing in the wind. He was almost at the gate. Gothic guy hadn't moved but continued to stare at Naruto.
"Drive! Just drive the freakin' car!" Naruto screamed at the top of his lungs.
The motor started and they peeled away until the mansion and its unusual occupants were out of view. Naruto turned around and looked out the back window at a shouting Dracula Sai.
"Happy Halloween," He said to Sasori as he let out a sigh of relief.
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Me: DONE YET AGAIN! ^^
Naru: hahah I broke Sai's hand
Sai: not funny -_-
Naru: ^_^;;;
Me: anyways lol I bet you ALL know who the "creepy man" and the "gothic guy" are~ ^_^ finally more characters are showing up! Also lol yes Naruto was cross-dressing for Halloween
Naru: yeah cause I look smexy in a tennis skirt
Sasu: hell yeah you do
Naru: o////o
Me: well cya next chapter don't forget to review! BYE-NEEEEE!!