295Edited 07.30.14
Some small warnings before you start reading this.
1. - Character death, as implied in the summary.
2.- It's rated M for violence,death and swearing. There are no lemon scenes included in this fic and there will never be. Thank you.
3.- Victims are chosen randomly, we do not chose them ourselves.
4.- It's a bit obvious, but we'll still warn you this is an AU, just in case.
Disclaimer.- We do not own Naruto or any of the characters mentioned here.
Chapter One
xX Let's Go Party! Xx
Naruto cast a glance over his shoulder at the dark-cloaked figures stumbling behind him.
"Hurry up!" He huffed impatiently, his voice muffled by the fake muzzle he wore over his face.
"Shut up, dobe." Sasuke groaned, yanking his vampire cloak off the bush where it had entangled and wondering for the thousandth time how they'd managed to convince him.
"Where's it supposed to be again? I can't see anything!"
Groaning again, the Uchiha held up the invitation that had been stupidly shaped like a grinning jack-o-lantern before his eyes and squint at it, trying to make out the lines in the dim moonlight.
HALLOWEEN PARTY!
Tonight at midnight in Konoha's forest.
Food, drinks and music. Costume contest and more!
A special surprise awaits, so scary you will actually die of fright!
It read in bold, childish writing. How useful.
"Around here, I assume. But I can't see anything."
"Look!" Sakura point ahead of them at what appeared to be a small, squared building on the distance. "I don't think I've seen that before."
"That's it!" Naruto cheered and skipped merrily towards it, the fox tail strapped to his pants bouncing with each step. "Hurry up, come on!"
Sakura ran after him, holding the witch hat with her hands so it wouldn't get blown off her head.
Dragging his feet miserably, Sasuke followed.
The building turned out to be a shabby, windowless construction that could have been described more like a small warehouse than anything else. Naruto tried the peeling door but it was locked tight.
"Aagh!" He shout angrily, kicking at i with his paw-shaped shoes. "Open up, you piece of-"
"Knock it out." Grabbing him by the collar of his furry shirt, Sasuke pulled him away from the door. "This might not even be the right place."
"It is." Kiba said, appearing from around a corner in a purple, lion tamer costume. Akamaru was next to him, his small head adorned with a brown lion's mane. "We've already checked, this is the only possible place for a party."
"Na-Naruto-kun…" Hinata peeked shyly from behind Kiba. A gold painted cardboard crown decorated with plastic stones shone atop her bowed head.
"But it's closed." Naruto pout, completely ignoring her.
"Perhaps because it's not midnight yet." Frowned down at the invitation again.
"Guess we'll have to wait." Sakura sat on a rock and crossed her legs, trying to draw Sasuke's attention towards her black mini and striped socks. It wasn't an easy feat since Sasuke wasn't even facing her way to begin with. "Does anyone know what time it is?"
"11:55 p.m." Said Shino, apparently coming out of nowhere clad in a grim reaper costume and startling the pink-haired ninja.
"T-Thanks…" She choked out and edged away from him and his menacing-looking scythe.
"You were invited too? How troublesome." Shikamaru complained, dragging his feet lazily towards them. The zombie costume he was wearing fit his usual walking style perfectly.
"Dude, what's with your hair?" Kiba laughed.
"Please don't ask." Shikamaru sighed and scratched his spiky hair, which had been let loose from his usual ponytail and was sticking out of his head at odd angles. "It's not like I like it either, but I was forced by…"
"Sasuke-kun!" A female voice squealed behind him.
"That." He point at Ino, who was gleefully skipping towards Sasuke in a Playboy bunny costume.
"It could be worse, though." And by that he was referring to Chouji, who was a giant Jack-O-Lantern.
"Like my costume, Sasuke-kun?" Ino asked, twirling in front of Sasuke so he could appreciate the whole thing better. "I put it on just for you."
Sasuke briefly looked at her with disinterest, then turned away without a word.
"Aww, not even my cute little tail?" She turned around to show him the fluffy bunny tail on the back of her leotard.
He had just opened his mouth to make one of his well-known, harsh remarks, when Lee suddenly jumped into scene wrapped in a poorly made mummy costume .
"Yes, it is I!" He shout at the top of his lungs. "Here and ready for party!"
There was a brief moment of silence in which everyone stood frozen on the spot. Then, almost as if they'd been rehearsing it,they all burst into laughter at the same time..
"What? What's so funny?" Lee asked with a huge grin plastered on his face. He didn't seem to understand that they were all laughing at him.
"Hey, that's original." Sasuke smirked, tugging at a loose bandage on Lee's mummy costume.
"Oh my gosh, Lee!" Naruto gasped with fake amazement. "Is that real toilet paper?"
"About time you came." Shikamaru held his stomach as if in pain. "I really have to go!"
As they were laughing and pointing, a cloud was blown over the full moon, leaving everything in darkness. A good break for Lee, who was sinking in abashment.
"Knock it out you guys." Tenten said apprehensively. The rest could hear her voice but not see her.
"It's his own fault for wearing such a ridiculous costume to begin with." Said Neji's voice in its distinctive tone of arrogance, one that only Sasuke could be able to match. "But I would keep my mouth shut if I were you, it's not like your costumes are any better. You for instance, Hinata-Sama. What are you supposed to be wearing?"
Of course Neji couldn't see her now, but he had seen her right before she'd left the Hyuuga compound and everything about her had bothered him, from the cheesy, sparkly wings to the golden painted cardboard crown she wore over her head and the fluffy blue tutu with its silver moon and star decorations.
She could have been a princess. She could have been an empress. Anything worthy of the heir from a prestigious clan. Instead, she'd chosen this fairy-godmother-princess... whatever it was, with fake butterfly wings strapped to her back to make a point.
Poor Hinata lowered her head in embarrassment at her cousin's words, even though she had been the only one (aside from Shino, of course) who hadn't been laughing at Lee's costume.
"Yeah? Then I suppose yours are bett…" Kiba didn't get to finish that sentence because just then, the moon shone again.
"Oh, wow…" Sakura gasped. The rest just stood there, gaping at Neji and Tenten.
Neji had chosen to dress as a magician, with a black tuxedo, white gloves, bow tie and a top hat. His hair was picked up in a thin, low ponytail and some loose strands fell at the sides of his face, which was half concealed behind a black mask set over his eyes.
Tenten was probably a magician's assistant, since she was dressed almost exactly the same, except that her clothes were tighter fitting and she wore hot pants and heels. All the other details had been matched to perfection, even the black mask.
With all that, Tenten was beyond glamorous and Neji looked not only handsome, but whatever comes after that.
"Your hair is beautiful Tenten." Sakura told her, unable to hide the glint of jealousy that rang in her voice.
"It's so long." Ino stared longingly at Tenten's waist-long ponytail while twisting her short pigtails sadly. "I had no idea it was that long since it's always twisted into buns."
"Guys!" Naruto shout suddenly, making everyone jump. "Ten seconds to midnight!" He looked intently at his watch, as if willing it to move even faster. "Five… four… three… two… one!"
He grabbed the doorknob and twist it. The door didn't open.
"What?" Naruto angrily kicked at the door again. "But it's midnight, you piece of crap!"
"Maybe there's no such thing as a party." Sasuke rolled his eyes, inwardly feeling relieved that he could leave sooner than expected. "These invitations must be fake."
"Yeah…" Naruto lowered his head resignedly. "That might explain why we all got invi…"
His head shot up again as he heard a low creaking and his eyes fell on the door just as it slowly began swinging open, its old hinges moaning noisily. Behind it, however, there was nothing but darkness.
"What's that?"
"I don't know, I can't see anything."
"Did that door just open on its own?"
"I want to go home!"
"Hello!" Ignoring common sense, Naruto poked his head inside. "Anyone there?" He was about to walk into the room when Sakura yanked him back.
"Naruto, what are you doing?" She hissed into his ear. "You can't just walk into a creepy place like that."
"This is Halloween, Sakura-Chan." He grinned at her mischievously. "Everything is supposed to be creepy." With that he walked inside.
The bravest ones walked in after him, others hesitated for a while but in the end, they all stepped into the warehouse. It was dark in there, too dark to even see who was standing next to them. The faint moonlight coming from the door didn't help much.
"Hum, some party." Naruto groaned.
Behind them the old door creaked once… twice… then all of a sudden slammed itself shut with a loud 'Bam!' that echoed horribly inside the room.
Hinata squealed and cowered next to the nearest person and, whoever it was (she was hoping for it to be Naruto) wrapped his arms around her in a protective way.
Screaming, Sakura threw herself at the one next to her, whom she thought to be Sasuke.
Sasuke felt someone clinging desperately to his arm.
Out of impulse, Neji pulled Tenten behind him. He was sure it was her because she'd been standing next to him all along.
Ino pressed herself against one of the walls. She was silent because her fear wouldn't let her shout out.
'Clang! Clang! Clang!' What was that? It was like the sound of chains clanking against one another.
Screechy laughter as that of witches filled the room and the flutter of a hundred bat wings came from over their heads.
"I want to go home!" Somebody whined.
And then, all of a sudden, the room was illuminated by dozens of multicolored lights coming from the ceiling as music from electric guitars rocked the old walls.
So it was a party, after all…
"As far as pranks go, that one went too far." Kiba said as he unwrapped his arms from around Hinata. "You okay?"
"Uh-huh." She answered in a tiny voice, though her knees still shook.
.
"Wow, that was scary." Sakura sighed, still clinging to the boy next to her.
"Would you be as kind as to let go of me?" The boy asked. Sakura's eyes widened, that definitely wasn't Sasuke's voice.
"Sorry!" She cried out while backing away from Shino, whom she had mistaken for Sasuke.
"What the hell are you doing?" Sasuke growled while shaking his arm in disgust. "Get away from me, you idiot!"
"Oops!" Laughing stupidly, Naruto let go of Sasuke's arm, to which he had been clinging to in fear. "My bad!"
"Look!" Chouji's eyes sparkled in joy. "Food!"
Food there was, and lots of it too. Long tables lined two of the four walls, each brimming with all sorts of snacks, pastries and anything they could possibly want.
"Forget about the food!" Naruto shout. "Check this out!"
On the far side of the room was another table fill with cups and bottles of all shapes and sizes. There was sake, beer and some wine (the only ones they could recognize) and a dozen more drinks of vibrant colors they'd never seen in their lives.
That single table contained most of what they knew they shouldn't have. Everything they'd always been told to stay away from.
But it was theirs now, and who was going to stop them?
So they drank as much as they could handle and stuffed their faces with whatever could be found on the food tables, dancing all night long until they lost their sense of self awareness. Until they didn't even know who they were anymore.
Blinking multicolored lights, hazy faces and distorted laughter.
That was the last thing they would remember, before the nightmare began…
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We've edited this chapter because, believe it or not, it used to be worse. Please be kind and let us know what you think. Be warned, though, the game begins on the next chapter.
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