Caged

Halloween Special

*Flashback*

"Halloween, and what the hell is that?" Hiei asked, I gave him a 'what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-you' look causing him to glare at me. Never the less I explained, "Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of "All Hallows' Evening"), also known as All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows (or All Saints). According to many scholars, it was originally influenced by western European harvest festivals and festivals of the dead with possible pagan roots, particularly the Celtic Samhain. Others maintain that it originated independently of Samhain and has Christian roots. Halloween is celebrated as a religious festical by Wiccans and Druids who refer to it as Samhain. Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (also known as "guising"), attending costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films." I finished reading off of the wikipedia page I pulled up on my phone. "Did you seirously have to read that off wikipedia? All you had to say was it's a holiday about spooky things and spirits." Yusuke mocked me. "Well I would have just said something like that, however being the type of person Hiei is I decided that a more complex description would be better understood." He gave me a confused look, "I didn't understand what half the words you just said meant." I stared at him for a moment coming to a conclution, "Your an idiot." I said, and turned back to Hiei.

"Well I think it's safe to say, you probably arn't interested." I observed noticing he still had the same bored look on his face. A smirk formed on his face, 'woah that's kind of creepy.' I thought to myself. "Hardly onna, I think seeing a few fools scared over nothing would be amusing." Chills ran up and down my spine, 'definitely creepy...' I thought. "Katsune are you going to come to the festival with us this year?" Mitsuki asked hopful. "Well..." I paused just for the suspense. "Yeah, I'm going to do it this year." I smiled. Everyone except us had confused looks. "I've never done anything for halloween before." I explained. "It'll be a first for me!" Excitement shimmered through, my heart was racing. "Great, you should all come to the party with us!" Mitsuki said hopefully. "OH HELL YEAH! I'LL SCARE YOU ALL!" Yusuke yelled, as entheusiastic as ever. "Hn, I already said that it would be amusing." Hiei chimed in. "Well since your going I guess I will too." Diasuke smirked, looking to Mitsuki. We then all looked over to Shuichi. "What about you?" Mitsuki asked, hope was clear in her eyes. 'She's up to something again.' I thought. "Well I'm not busy and my mother will be away..." He thought outloud. We were all intently watching, waiting for his answer. "Okay, I suppose it couldn't hurt." We all cheered, well except for Hiei but he doesn't count.

*End Flashback*

I walked out of my room, costume on and ready to go. "Woah did you make that by hand!?" Mitsuki asked, she was dressed as a Goddess. "Yeah, it's why I've never gone before. I wanted to go when this was ready." I smiled, giving a spin. "What do you think?" I asked dieing to know how it looked. "Your a sexy fox." She smiled, "I LOVE IT!" Just then we heard a nock on the door. I sprinted over there, sliding on the floor and smacking face first into the door. "What the hell was that, do you think someone just died in there?" Yusuke asked. I took that as my qeue to open the door, rubbing my aching nose. "Oh ow, I really hate doors." I said, "hey guys why are only you two here?" I asked noticing that Yusuke and Hiei were the only ones who came. "Well Daisuke said something about being over with Shuichi in a minute or two." Yusuke answered, obviously not asking the details like why for example. "Oh okay..." I took note of the gruesome twosome's costumes. 'Well Hiei hardly has to make any changes to look like a vampire, just put in some fake fangs and there you go. But then there's Yusuke...' I stared at him, "Wow, so your a pirate...all you have to do is put on a costume you already have the attitude down." I said referring to his delinquent like behaivior. "Unlike Hiei who litterally has to do nothing, except maybe put some fake fangs on." I said looking over the the short boy who was, as always, completely dressed in black. "No his attitude is a little off, you see he has to do something like this." Yusuke said before standing up and then vanishing, the next thing I knew he was standing next to me his breath stroking my neck. "Your tempting." He said, and licked my neck. "YUSUKE YOU JACK ASS!" I screamed kicking him in the stomach. A few minutes after the incodent I looked at the clock. "Hmm it's been three minutes." I said, but just then the two boys came into view.

Shuichi's Pov...

"I'm not dressing up." I said flatly. "But everyone else is! You think that your going to be less noticable by not dressing up but it will just bring more attention." Daisuke argued. I thought about it for a minute, 'he's right, but I don't have a costume.' Then it occured to me, I knew what I could do. "Fine..." I answered reluctantly. I went into my room, and eventually transformed. I came back down to Daisuke. "Woah, your a fox!" "Yes, it's the only costume I have." I spoke, my voice now deeper because of the transformation. "What the..." "I thought it fit the part." I lied to keep my secret. "Well it's pretty awesome, I don't know why you didn't want to wear it." And with that we left.

Katsune's Pov...

"Hey look there they are!" I said pointing at the two figures walking our way. Daisuke was dressed up as a God, to go along with Mitsuki. And Shuichi, "Hey your a fox too." I said a bit surprised. "Great minds think alike." Mitsuki chimed in. "Now then let's go!" She said, obviously not wanting to wait any longer. "We still have to pick up Kaho, Daichi, and Keiko remember." I said stopping her in her tracks. After muttering what I asumed were curse words, we set out to pick up the three. Keiko was also dressed as a pirate, to match Yusuke no doubt, while Diachi was dressed as a Basketball player, and Kaho was dressed as a cheerleader, most likely to match Daichi. The group set out to the party, ready for the scare of their lives. Once there it was safe to say that I felt completely unsafe. Kaho and Daichi who had ran ahead were already long gone, probably already at the first 'activity'. Yusuke and Keiko split off when we got there, saying there was something they had been dieing to do. Mitsuki and Daisuke didn't take long to find a reason to leave me behind either. "I've never been to one of these things before, what if I get lost?" I panicked. I could feel my heart pounding, it was speeding up.

"Well..." I looked over to a haunted house, no one was around. "A haunted house? I've never been in one before." I said, looking half excited and half terrified. "Wan't to try going in?" Shuichi asked me, not showing the smallest sign of fear. I took note of his voice but brushed it off, "Sure." I said, trying to sound calm. We walked in, it was dark. I took a few steps foward, hoping Shuichi did the same since I couldn't see. Then the doors slammed shut, and a glowing green trail lit up before me. I looked around, noting the many coffins. I looked to Shuichi, who was looking back at me. I turned my gaze forward again, and took a step. Slowly gaining the courage to walk at a slow, but steady pace we began our journey. Shuichi stayed by me the whole time, and then i noticed a coffin was open too late. The trail dissapeared, and there was something in the coffin. It's eyes started to glow red, and it slowly started to sit up. "You are not worthy. You are not worthy!" It yelled, fully upright now. It was a skeletin, but there was still some skin hanging off of it. I started to back up, but there was another one behind me. Soon every coffin in the room was open with a zombified skeleton inside, all coming towards us. I couldn't take it anymore, I screamed. The glowing red light the eyes provided allowed me to see Shuichi and the path that we needed to take. I looked at him, and darted for the next room. He followed close behind, there was no turning back now, at least not while those zeletons or skombies or whatever you want to call them were blocking the exit.

The next room we entered filled with mist immediately. It was a graveyard. I cautiously walked through the field of the dead, making sure Shuichi was by me always. It gave me a bit of reasurance and comfort having him here. Then right in front of me, a zombie popped up causing yet another scream to escape me. Without meaning to I lept into Shuichi, holding onto him, burrying my face into his chest. "Are you okay Katsune?" He asked me, words coated with worry. I was shaking and couldn't find my voice. He started to pet my head to comfort me. "I-I'm fine..." I said, although I wasn't very convincing. I left the embrace, but my face showed nothing but fear. He took my hand, "don't worry, I'll be by your side no matter what." He told me, pulling me slightly closer. And we walked through the rest of the Haunted House in such a manner, and although I most definitely got scared again I was still comforted.

We exited, and found that the rest of the gang was waiting there for us. "Have fun?" Mitsuki asked as if my shaking body and horrified look wasn't enough of an answer for her. "I hope it was scary enough for you because we were the ones who organized it." Mitsuki said including even Hiei. "Hiei came up with the ideas for the rooms since I wouldn't leave him alone about it, the idea was mine and they all agreed to help me with it. And so we had hidden cameras, let us watch the video when we get home." Mitsuki said happily. Scared was in my past, now I was about to kill someone. "I hate you all!" I said reffering to everyone except Shuichi, since he obviously wasn't part of it. My anger dissipated much quicker than my fear however, and the rest of the time was great. "Sorry about that Shuichi..." I said blushing. "Don't worry about it." He smiled and put his hand on mine, gladly I accepted the gesture and smiled back.

*Later*

Laughter erupted from the house that Mitsuki and Katsune lived in. And the two in the video sat awkwardly in the middle of the couch, not daring to look at anyone. "Oh you lept into him that's so romantic!" Mitsuki shouted. "Woah you're even holding hands!" Yusuke said next. And now Katsune was fighting off the erge to kill them both. 'Damn it even Hiei is smirking!' I thought. "SHUT UP!" I screamed. And the rest of the night was truly a Halloween Night.

The End

A/N: Hope you enjoyed this little Halloween Special I made, sorry it's a day late but Happy Holloween anyways!