This is Halloween:


Rose: I love you guys, this is one of the best responses that I've ever had :) I'm glad that I didn't do too bad on the horror, so lets see if I can keep it up.

Honda: Hey! What the hell happened to me!

Rose: Oh, I could never decide on a costume for you, and in all honesty the smaller the group the easier it is to write but don't worry you'll be doing some stuff in the human world for me. Now if you please…

Honda: Rose doesn't own Yu-gi-oh, Tim Breton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, or Nightmares Revisited. She doesn't own the toons either, just her OC's.


Title: This is Halloween

Pairings; Puzzleshipping, tendershipping, possible bronzeshipping and mobuimshipping.

Genre: Fantasy, Humor, Romance, Horror-ish (I'm not good at horror but I'll try) Adventure/Action, Angst, shooting for some ecchi.

Warning: Yaoi, cussing, violence, blood, suggestiveness, no lemons…

Rated: T


Rose: Thank you Honda, and now for you guys…


Thank you's and Review answers:

Kate: Thank you and I hope that you like their first meeting, it's kind of confusing though but it's supposed to be, maybe by the time I finish the chapter it'll be more polished.

Mana's Madness: Thank you very much, I'm glad that you thought it was still funny too, I tend to make things funny when I'm nervous. I still laugh at the window scene, but yes the whole 'help me' thing made me laugh too. I hope that don't disappoint on this chapter either, please continue to review! :)

Lavi-lover: Thank you, I was kinda worried that I made it too comedic and it over powered the horror cause I was- still am- really nervous about writing it. Please continue to review!

Fragments of Imagination: Thank you very much! Please continue to review!

Samurai: Thank you for the review, but when did I ever say that they would get away from Vivian –evil grin- And the meeting between Yami and Yugi is kind of confusing but you'll see why soon after…well I'm going try and not make it confusing. Also I see that you reviewed on one of my other stories, did you read Thanks for the memories too? So trust me I never make Yami's life easy I can promise you atleast that :)


Rose: Alright now on with the flic-

Honda: What am I supposed to do!

Rose: You're stuck with me –smiles evilly-

Honda: -looks horrified-

CHAPTER START:


Ten minutes to mid-night our trio ran into the Aokigahara forest. The uneven ground and the massive amount of trees were confusing and disorienting. A few feet into running into the forest Yami and Malik's hands were separated. Yami paid it no mind and kept running thinking that his two friends were behind him.

How wrong he was, if being in the forest at night was already dangerous. Being in the forest alone didn't make matters any better for you. This is how Malik found himself after he pulled his face out of the dirt and leaves. Completely alone… Yami that bastard.

Malik looked left, then right and left again. Neither Yami nor Bakura were within sight. He pushed himself up to his knees sitting back on his legs. He had no clue which way to go and to be completely honest he was totally freaked out.

Ok Malik you have to calm down. He told himself, he closed his eyes and tried to calm his nerves by listening to the sounds of nature. He waited and waited, and waited somemore. It was completely silent in the forest. Not even a cricket was chirping let alone any birds. What kind of messed up place was this?

The complete silence was nerve wrecking it made an open space feel confining he felt almost claustrophobic.

Malik opened his eyes, even though the moon was high and bright there were still parts of the forest floor completely masked in ominous shadows. Having grown over volcanic rock the ground was broken and uneven, leaving a maze of roots and slippery rocks.

If Bakura and Yami were still running in here he wouldn't be surprised if he found them with a broken ankle or even leg a little ways off.

A branched snapped behind him, Malik jumped turning around, but he saw nothing behind him. The shadows moved all around him getting even closer. His back hit a tree he watched as the shapes of people started to poke out from the bases of the trees. They were grey like the trees trunks staring at him with their hollowed eyes.

Malik's breathing became shallow he felt two cold hands place themselves on either of his shoulders. He froze as he felt a light breathing on his ear lobe, his hair moved around his face as a chilling breeze swept by him.

"Join us," a young woman's voice said. Her cold hands moved along Maliks skin as she placed her hands around his neck. "Join us," she whispered again. Malik was shaking, he didn't know what to do. He looked at the other shadows around him. Were…were they smiling at him. Malik pressed himself into the tree more. Wish for it all to just go away.

These things weren't real they couldn't be. The cold hands moved further up his neck cupping the bottom of his head leaning his head up. All the breath left his lungs as he stared up into the brown half decade eyes of a woman. Her black hair was scraggly worn by the weather. Her uniform was dirty and ripped. In her eyes was a deranged look, she had long ago gone mad.

"Join me," she released his face and wrapped her arms around his shoulders huging him. "You and me are the same," she says. Maliks eyes were bulging at this point. "You've come here before," she continues.

Malik squeezes his eyes shut willing her to go away.

"You would be happier here with all of us," he feels the other shadows closing in around him. "We understand you.." Malik shakes his head. The motion itself makes the other shadows recoil back. The woman above him frowns. "Why not," her nails and hair start to grow longer. A red glow comes to her eyes, the other shadows eyes start to glow red too.

Her hands move back around his throat, but this time Malik can't breathe. He places his hands on top of hers as he opens his eyes wide to look up at her. She looked like a witch now, a witch with blue and black hat and a choker necklace with a bat on it.

"You will come with me," she hisses. Malik's vision starts to blur the corner of his eyes start to turn black.

"MALIK," Bakura's voice breaks through his mind. The images of the shadows around him shatter. He still doesn't see the source of the voice though.

Slap…

Malik lands hard on the ground out of breathe and dizzy. What just happened? He slowly looked up at Bakura the moon light made a halo around his white hair making him glow, an angel is what he looked like.

Malik made a 'tst' sound with his teeth, yeah right, if Bakura was ever and angel that would mean he had gone straight to hell. Malik smirked, Bakura an angel of death, now that would suit him just fine.

"What the hell is wrong with you princess?" Bakura asked. Wait! Was that concern in his voice?

"W-what," was all Malik could muster.

"I've been calling out yours and Yami's names for a few minutes now," he says almost angry then his features turn softer. "Then I walk over here to find you choking yourself."

What?! Malik's mind went blank, he hadn't choked himself! It was that woman didn't Bakura see her. Bakura kneeled down beside Malik and helped him to sit up.

Malik brought a hand to his throat but flinched away at the last possible moment. He had choked himself, he felt the scratches on his throat. He looked down and there were light traces of blood on his fingers and palms.

He bit his bottom lip, he let his hand trace over his bare shoulders…he felt scratches there too. "Bakura." Bakura made a noise to show he was listening. "Did you see a woman with me?"

"No."

Maliks eyes dilated as he fought with his inner self. He turned to Bakura grabbing his vest, "are you sure?" he asked almost pleading. Bakura put his hands over Malik as if to take them off but he held them there and looked straight into Maliks eyes.

"Positive."

"No," Malik looked down. He didn't want to believe it, he was stronger now wasn't he. As he looked down at the ground out of the corner of his eye he saw that Bakura sword was missing. "Bakura, where is your sword?"

Bakura looked down to his waist and closed his eyes then lifted the both of them to their feet. "That's not important right now," he says, "right now we need to find Yami."

"But Bakura-," Malik was silenced with a finger on his lips. His questioning eyes looked into Bakuras stern ones. They were silent for a moment. Then they heard it…

It was music, a high pitched tune was being played. It sounded like and old music box. Both Malik and Bakura looked around curiously.

Amethyst eyes watched them in the distance, he could see them even though they could not see him. Neither of these men was him. Sadness passed over those beautiful eyes, he turned to walk away taking his music box with him.

It was a simple wooden box the paint color worn with time, the red velvet cushioning that was on the inside was torn and ripped most of the gold term had peeled off, but the mirror that was glued to the bottom of the lid was in perfect tact, as well as the small nicely dressed doll that sat on the golden pedestal. The dolls eyes were the same color as its owners.

Malik and Bakura heard the music starting to fade. They both looked to their left it was going deeper into the forest. That's where the music was coming from and it was moving away. They looked at eachother as if having a silent conversation.

"Yami," they both said at the same time. Without a second thought, cause if Malik would have thought about it he would have just scared the shit out of himself, they ventured further into the forest in search of Yami.

Two pairs of blue eyes stared after them, two rows of pearly whites showed as they both grinned wickedly.

"Looks like the little shela failed," one says in an aussie accent his devils tail flicking back and forth behind him. Both of their forms started to appear leaving only their legs and feet still invisible. The first looked over at the second that had on a mask it looked like a skeleton it was to hide his true face. Only he and the Witch Vivian had ever seen Valons face.

Valon had on a black leather jacket with trim and stitching that made it look a skeletons rib cage, black fingerless gloves with studs over his knuckles covered his hands. They too had white stitching that made it look like skeleton bones. A black wife beater was under the jacket. His pants hung loosely but puffed at the knees where he had them tucked into his high biker boots. The pants were completely black but the boots were black with white accents, the bottom of his boots were covered by demonic looking skulls with sharp teeth that left pointed indentions in the ground as he walked. His brown hair puffed out from behind his demonic looking skeletons mask. It had a few tribal marks painted red over the cheek bones and animalistic looking fangs for teeth. All you could see through the mask was his dark blue eyes, they were hard and void of emotion.

There was cut on his left sleeve a bit a blood could be seen through the hole.

The first man was a devil, a true devil. The horns on the top of his head curved out from his red bob cut hairdo, the bases were red and darken into black. His blue eyes were lined black making him look like a raccoon. His pointed fangs overlapped his bottom lip but only added to his demonic smile. He was wearing a black vest that had black spikes over the shoulders. He wore fingerless gloves aswell, however his ended just below his elbows, they were black and he had a silver spiked bracelet on each wrist. A red tank top was under the black vest, he had torn the bottom part of it off so you could see his belly button and his six pack. In truth the tank top only covered his pectorals. A studded black belt held up his loose black jeans. His tail whipped behind him showing that it had the same coloring as his horns, along the tails vertebrae were spikes sticking out. Half way down his calves the pants were shredded showing off his animalistic feet. Oh yes, his skin color was that of a normal humans however when you got to his hands and feet that faded into a red color with black claws. This mans name was Alister.

He, Valon, and Vivian all worked for a man, well he wasn't a man that's why the pumpkin king had locked him away, this person was known as Oogie Boogie a.k.a. The Boogie man. They were his eyes, his ears, and his feet in Halloween town. Separate they could be deadly but together they were just an annoyance.

It was The Boogie Mans fault that the Pumpkin King went missing in the first place, though no one had any proof of this so he and his minions are innocent…for now.

Alister eyed Valons arm and he smirked. "That ol'pirate too much for you little guy?"

Valon shot Alister a glare but didn't speak. Alister only laughed at his partners' expense then he got serious. "Let's go the other one is still out there we have to make sure that he is going in the right direction." Valon gestured towards the other two that had followed their little prince.

"Don't worry about them, our little doll is heading back home just like the rest of us," Alister answered his unasked question. They both disappeared as they ran with an inhuman speed to find Yami aswell.

To his credit Yami had gotten pretty far before his foot got caught in a root tripping him. He pushed himself off the ground his head and foot hurt but he stood up none the less. He looked around and all he could see were trees, he was lost in a sea of trees. Just great…

He heard a rustling in the bushes beside him and he jumped. He looked around and all he saw were shadows. Vivian smirked in her hiding spot, she had found him. She frown thinking about her failure with Malik. She rubbed the necklace as it glowed only faint red now, shit it was running out a juice. The souls of the forest were breaking out of her control one by one. She had to capture him now, the sound of a large clock chiming cut through her thoughts.

Yami looked up at the sky for the strange noise, it sounded like an old bell tower to him. He knew that there was no such thing in this forest so where was the noise coming from.

Vivian bit her nail that singled that it was mid-night. Now all the goblin, ghouls and monsters would headed toward the portal home. How was she supposed to get them through unnoticed now? The portal would stay open for only thirty minutes allowing plenty of time for everyone to make it safely through to their home in Halloween town. However, if they missed it when that portal closed they would have to wait a whole year until the portal opened again on the next Halloween.

She looked up and didn't see Yami anymore, she cursed under her breath as she floated up into the air, going invisible as she entered the moonlight. The last thing she need was for him see her.

Yami had unknowing walked deeper into the forest looking for a way out…

"Bakura! Malik!" he called. His friends were nowhere in sight he couldn't have run that far he thought. Yami lifted himself up to climb over a large root. He squinted his eyes to help him see in the dark. This did nothing to help him. Yami sighed and lifted himself up to turn around but once his turned he clutched the large root for dear life.

There behind him was a wolf and it was walking on two legs, he hadn't even heard the thing approaching. It had medium brown fur with some grey patches. Its pupils were in slits making the yellow of its eyes seem brighter. The thing growled and took a large step towards him. It reached out a clawed hand towards Yami.

Duel cackling erupted above him, so Yami craned his head back to look up, above him was a sight. Two girls similarly dressed where riding broom sticks up in the sky! If their pointed hats weren't any indication of what they were the broom sticks and black capes where dead giveaways. They performed a few tricks, one winking down at Yami as she flew upside down before they both flew deeper into the forest.

What the hell was that? She acted like she knew him and that gave Yami the creeps. He looked forward again his dilemma hitting him square in the face, but when he looked back the bipedal wolf was gone. The wind picked up and he heard a strange wooing noise behind him.

Yami snapped his head around and peered into translucent green eyes.

"AHH!" Yami lost his footing siding down a few feet. He breathed out a sigh of relief as he caught himself just a few feet from what sounded like a creek, or maybe it was river. The green eyes floated down to Yami. They got really close to his face and he leaned back as far away as he could without letting go of his holding. A toothy grin appeared under the eyes then a whole girl appeared out of nowhere.

Her shoulder length brown hair almost matched her tanned skin, she was wearing something similar to Yami but it was meant for a female covering her breast. She had on less gold than him but the gold and emerald choker gave off a certain glow. The beige dress ended at her mid thigh and was termed in green with a green sash defining her waist. He found the gold fingerless gloves she wore strange along with her golden sandals that had a golden ribbons wrapped all the way up to under her knees.

He was looking straight through her, a ghost, he thought. She covered her small mouth with both hands as she giggled.

"You're back," she sang, "you're really back!" She was so excited. "I can't wait to tell Yugi, he's missed you so much!"

Yami was royally confused, pun intended.

Her excitement was starting to scare him, she was too close and too friendly. Yami tried to see where he could move, he adjusted this way and that only to realize that he was stuck. He looked back at the ghost girl to see her looking at him curiously. Yami's eyebrow twitched.

"What," he finally asked.

"What are you doing King?" she asks.

"What does it look like I'm doing?" Yami asked back getting irritated. He almost slipped so he clung closer to the root, she floated down closer to him. She just kept staring at him, she wasn't very scary at all for a ghost.

They stared at each other for a moment before another chime was heard. They both looked up the sky, Yami's eyes widened. There were creatures some had wings and others were using strange powers that glowed in bright colors to help them fly through the skies. There were griffins, harpies, goblins, demons, and DRAGONS! There were really dragons up there and some weird looking bugs, but the dragons were much cooler.

"Oh no," the girl cries, "We have to hurry the portal will not stay open for much longer."

"Portal?" Yami repeats confused. She flies off than turns around to look at him curiously.

"What," he snaps.

"Aren't you coming?" she tilts her head.

Yami feels a headache coming on. "If you can't tell I'm kind stuck at the moment!" he expresses himself abit animatedly wriggling his arms in a flapping motion, cause he couldn't release his hands from their grips otherwise he would fall into the dark abyss below him.

"But you can fly," she says back to him.

"No I can't!" he says.

"Yes you can!"

"No I can't!"

"You're the king, you can do anything!"

"I'm not a king!"

"Yes you are!" she was starting to whine at this point while Yami was about to lose his temper. She got all teary eyed but Yami got scared when a determined expression settled on her face. "I'll show you!" she says grabbing his hands. She didn't actually do anything the moment that Yami thought she was going to touch him he let go of his holds causing him to fall.

"No!" Vivian yells as Yami lands in the river with a splash. Yami resurfaces taking a large gulp of air, with water in his eyes he couldn't see. "You idiot!" she swipes at the girl and she flies away.

Her green eyes watched as Vivian took off down the river after the Pumpkin King. She turned her back to the scene and closed her eyes. That evil witch Vivian was no good, she knew that it was her fault Atemu had disappeared in the first place and now she had proof. Now she just had to take that proof to Prince Yugi so he could save their king.

Listening for a few moments, through the howls, moaning, and laughter she heard it, Yugi's music box. If she followed the sound she would find her prince.

Yami was frantic cause he wasn't the best of swimmers infact he down right hated the water. He couldn't see, he couldn't breathe and above all he had no clue what was going on everything was so loud all of sudden.

The water slapping against his face did nothing for the strange sounds he was hearing, children's laughter, crying, whaling, howling, running. It was all spinning around and around in Yami head. He didn't know which way was up from which way was down, Yami drowning emotionally and physically. He reached his head up as he attempted to grab ahold of something, but someone grabbed him instead.

Yami had no idea how long he had been in the water, but he knew that he now had a whole new appreciation for solid ground. He would have kissed it if his world hadn't been spinning and if knew whether a corpus had been on it recently. He coughed up a few cups of water as he turned onto his side. After a few minutes his mind started to work again.

Who saved him? Bakura? Malik? The ghost girl, maybe that strange wolf…

As his hearing came back to him he heard a strange noise, like…like music playing. Yami opened his eyes looking up he was completely captivated. He was staring into the most beautiful pair of eyes he had ever seen. They were amethyst…


CHAPTER END:

Rose: Yeah ended this one alittle sooner than I wanted but I think that this is good place to stop, I'm excited for the next chapter cause the first song is in it, I'm a theatre geek deal with it I love musicals.

Mana: -glares-

Rose: What! They are smart enough to figure it out! Plus you kind of bullied your way into this story too, I didn't even plan for you, you just happened. So be happy.

Mana: -turns into dark magician girl-

Rose: Crap…

Yami: Please Review!

Write you later,

-Rose :)


Fun Fact: Strangling themselves is the number choice of suicide for victims in the Aokogahara forest. Hint as to why I put in Malik's scene. Bakura's will come in flash backs later…maybe. His scene keeps going in and out of my head as soon as a catch it I'll let you guys know.