Treehouse of Horror: Naruto style
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror
It was already getting late and the kids had decided to tell one more story before turning in. The only problem was nobody knew who would do it.
Attempting to lighten the mood, Kiba decided to pull a Naruto and scare everybody. When everyone was talking to someone else and not looking, Kiba stepped out of the tree house (not even noticing Guy, who was still outside) laid down while trying not to wake up Akamaru who was currently sleeping in his jacket. Making sure his head was only sticking out, stuck out his hand and began to choke himself.
"GAGH! GAGH! GAGH!" he cried out while pretending to strangle himself, unfortunately no one was paying any attention to him.
"Hello, something scary happening." he said trying to get everybody's attention, but no one was looking. Instead, Lee was talking about the youthfulness of green spandex while Neji and Hinata pretended to listen, Naruto and Sasuke seemed to be in an argument about Naruto's ghost story, Sakura, Ino, and Tenten were deciding who should tell the next story, Choji was munching on another bag of chip, Shikamaru was taking a nap in the corner, and Shino was doing something Kiba had never seen him do before.
He was...in the center of the tree house, sitting on a soap box reading a book. Normally Shino would be sitting in a corner away from everybody, yet here he was right there where everybody could see him. What was he planning? Kiba decided to find out and began his choking fit again.
"GAGH! GAGH! GGGAAAGGGH!!!" by now Kiba was literally lying on the floor, but nobody seemed to be listening or they didn't care. Kiba then turned his attention to Shino.
"Hey poi Dexter it's Halloween, put the book away!" he called out directly to Shino; that got everybody's attention. Shino looked up at Kiba.
"For your information Kiba, I'm about to read you a classic tale of terror by Edger Allen Poe." everybody in the tree house just froze. Shino spoke for the first time the whole night, not only that but he was planning on telling the next story!
"WHOO HOO!! ANOTHER TALE OF TERROR TO CONCLUDE THIS YOUTHFUL HOLIDAY!!" exclaimed Lee while jumping up and down with a big smile on his face that would rival Naruto's.
"Sit down Lee!" exclaimed Tenten while pulling Lee down to the floor.
"Shino telling us a ghost story? This I got to hear." said Naruto while getting a seat right in front of Shino.
"Hmph, I guess it wouldn't hurt to listen." stated Sasuke.
"Knowing how creepy Shino is, it's bound to be scary." Ino whispered to Tenten and Sakura.
"I-I would like to hear your story Shino." said Hinata shyly.
"I bet it won't be as scary as my story was." said Choji while opening a new bag of chips.
"As long as it doesn't make me out to be the bad guy, fine." stated Shikamaru, waking up from his nap.
"Hopefully it wont suck as much as the other stories." said Neji.
"HEY!" screamed Naruto and Choji in union.
Kiba took a closer look at the book in Shino's hands.
"Wait a minute, that's a school book." Kiba pointed out. Shino only smirked.
"Don't worry Kiba you won't learn anything. It's called 'The Raven'"
"Once upon a midnight dreary..."
(Story begins)
...while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
It was a dark and cold night, and inside a mansion a grief stricken Naruto laid fast asleep in his armchair clad in night robes with a book in his hands. The cover said Forgotten Lore Vol. Two.
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
TAP TAP TAP
Naruto woke with a start to the loud noise.
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door, only this, and nothing more."
(Back to reality)
"Are we scared yet?" asked Naruto, sarcasm in his voice.
"Naruto he's establishing mood." replied Neji before Shino could say anything; Shino was silently grateful someone was paying attention and continued with his poem.
(Back to the story)
Naruto laid back in his armchair and drifted off to sleep again, falling into an ominous dream of him, still sitting in his armchair, flying through a cemetery in the dead of night.
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Naruto woke with a start again as he got up from his armchair and walked towards a picture that hung above the fireplace.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;-vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost Lenore-
"Oh Lenore," Naruto said sadly while looking at a portrait of his deceased love. She was a very beautiful girl with lavender eyes and short blue hair, wearing a blue ballroom gown.
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore-
Nameless here for evermore.
Naruto jumped with surprise as he heard the sound of wind entering the once quite room. He jumped behind his chair and stared at the purple curtains sway in the night wind.
And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me-filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
"Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door- Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;- This it is, and nothing more,"
Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
Naruto stood up from his position from behind the armchair and began to walk cautiously towards the door.
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; but the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, and so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, that I scarce was sure I heard you."
here I opened wide the door;-
(Back to reality)
"This better be good." stated Kiba with boredom in his voice.
(Back to the story)
Darkness there, and nothing more.
(Back to reality)
Guy was currently listening to the poem from outside the tree house, like he did with the other stories.
"You know what would have been scarier than nothing?" asked Kiba.
"What?" asked Shino.
"Anything!" exclaimed the dog boy.
(Back to the story)
After looking around outside, Naruto stepped back inside and closed the door behind him.
Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
THUMP THUMP THUMP
"Surely," said I, "Surely that is something at my window lattice; let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;"
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
Naruto opened the window and let out a yelp when a small black figure came flying inside.
In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.
It was a small black raven with an odd hairstyle that looked like the back of a rooster's butt.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door-
The raven flew on top of a statue of Pallas and sat there.
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door-
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Naruto just stared at the raven that sat on the bust of Pallas above his chamber door and just smirked.
"Heh, thought thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "Art sure no craven. Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore-tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the raven, "You loser!"
(Back to reality)
"Sasuke stop that!" exclaimed Shino, obviously getting tired of everybody interrupting him. "The raven says 'nevermore' and that's all he'll ever say."
"Okay, okay." said Sasuke not really caring.
"Where is this story going anyway?" asked Ino
"Just pay attention." said Shino
(Back to the story)
Naruto stared at the bird with fear in his eyes that is until he smelled a pleasant smell.
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
The censer sung down and hit Naruto on the head.
"Ouch! Stupid censer!" he looked up to see three angels flying above his head swinging the censer. One had short pink hair, one had blond hair tied in a bun and the other had brown hair tied into bun pigtails.
Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
"Wretch," I cried, "Thy God hath lent thee-by these angels he has sent thee respite-respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!"
Naruto spun around to face the picture of his lost love.
"Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and for get this lost Lenore!" he shouted while breaking into sobs.
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
"Damnit! Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked upstarting-"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken!-quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
By now Naruto looked like he was about to snap. "Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door..."
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
"YOUR GOING DOWN! BELIVE IT!" shouted Naruto, leaping at the raven.
"Oh man!" exclaimed the raven and began to take flight.
Naruto chased the little raven around the room in an attempt to catch the annoying bird.
"COME BACK HERE RAVEN-BASTARD!!" he screamed as it flew high above his head. Naruto made a jump for it but it flew out of the way, he then tried to throw a vase at the bird by it evaded just in time.
"Oh I missed!" cried Naruto as the vase landed on top of his head with a crash.
CRASH!
"OWW!!"
Naruto then jumped on the bookshelf and climbed up in order to catch the raven, but it only flew higher. Naruto tried to grab hold of a book that was sticking out of the shelf in order to give him leverage, but the instant he rested his hand on it he slipped and fell to the floor. The raven was trying to keep him from coming back up by dropping heavy books on him.
And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeing of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted-nevermore!
Naruto looked up at the raven, who was still sitting on the bust of Pallas above his chamber door, from his spot on the floor with fear in his eyes as the raven began giggling menacingly.
"Heh heh heh heh..."
(Story ends, back to reality)
"Shino that wasn't scary, not even for a poem." said Kiba kind of disappointed.
"Yeah, I barely understood a word you said!" exclaimed Naruto.
"You barely understand anything people say dobe." said Sasuke.
"SHUT YOU'RE HOLE SASUKE!!" screamed Naruto with anger.
"I-I understood it pretty well Shino, but I'm s-sorry--I just couldn't get scared." said Hinata.
"Well it was written in 1845, maybe people were easy to scare back then." said Neji while taking the book from Shino to check its publishing date.
"Oh yeah, like when you look at Friday the 13th part one! It's pretty tamed by today's standards." implied Choji while crumbling up his last bag of chips.
"I disagree, I think Friday the 13th was scary." said Tenten.
"The only scary part about that movie is when that chick cut off the other chick's head." stated Ino a matter-of-factly.
'Maybe next time I'll just bring the movie.' thought Shino.
"Kids! It's time to go home!" shouted Kurenai from down below.
"Well my youthful friends, I can assure you I will have no problems going to sleep tonight!" exclaimed Lee as he and the others began to clime down the tree.
"Sakura, my cherry blossom! Allow me to walk you home!" asked Lee with hearts in his eyes.
"Uh--no thanks Lee..." replied Sakura walking ahead of everybody with quick pace.
"I can't wait to go to sleep." stated Shikamaru lazily.
As the children began to walk home the sound of someone shivering was heard, but it wasn't the wind. It was Might Guy, who had spent the whole night listening to the children tell ghost stories; and was scared out of his mind.
When the kids left home, the sensei's decided to stay and bunk in for the night. Kurenai and Asuma were sharing a room while Kakashi and Guy took the other room.
As the two men got into bed, Kakashi reached over to turn off the lamp.
"Ah no Kakashi! Come on my eternal rival please!" begged Guy. Kakashi looked at him with a board expression; he was too tired to put up with this.
"Guy I'm not sleeping with the light on. Their just children stories, they can't hurt you." with that Kakashi switched the light off, laid his head on his pillow and instantly feel asleep; all the while Guy was looking around the dark room with terrified eyes.
The frightened man looked out the window, and could have sworn he saw a little black raven perched on top of the tree by the window; laughing at him.
"Oh, oh I hate Halloween!" stated Guy as he threw the covers over his head and tried to go to sleep.
The End.