When Darkness Turns to Light

Trick or Treat

Recappy From the Last Chappy: When she lowered her hand, purple markings identical to Orochimaru's shadowed her eyes.

A glint in her peripherals caught her attention and drew her gaze. To her left, a Bouncywild stood on Tayuya's body, holding a vivid green gem in its paw. Hikari held her hand out toward it. "Give it here."

The Heartless did not hesitate to obey, bouncing from that branch to hers. In the palm of her hand, Hikari could see the two pink dots decorating the gem. Without a doubt, it was one for summoning; she could feel chakra in it.

"Another for the collection. Question is: who are you?" She hooked it onto the bracelet next to the other two. Then, she looked at the Heartless once more. They all regarded her, and for a moment she simply stared back, wondering what to do about them. "As for you . . . this affiliation could be very problematic. . . . I don't plan on being like you for long." She deftly produced a kunai and felled the Bouncywild nearest her whilst regarding the rest. "Away with you."

Chapter Fourteen: Trick or Treat

A trio of children dressed in Halloween costumes ran about the town square of a world dressed in perpetual Halloween night décor, including frightful knick-knacks, an abundance of jack-o-lanterns, and other fearsome components; in the center of the square, rising out of emerald goo, there was a guillotine, and the world was forever in nightfall, lighted by a moon instead of a sun.

The children came running from a black wrought iron gate leading to the Graveyard, chasing one another. In the lead, running away from the two, was a round-faced boy dressed as a skeleton. He was chased by a girl dressed as a witch and a devil-boy trailing behind. The girl carried with her a small, ice blue pumpkin.

Barrel, the skeleton, abruptly stopped in his tracks when he noticed something strange by the guillotine. Shock, the witch, collided with him and Lock, the devil, collided with her. She dropped the blue pumpkin; it exploded in a small, icy mist. "What's the big idea!"

Barrel pointed at the guillotine. A man with mussed silver hair and dressed in a brown tunic hung on the side of the well, unconscious. "Look at that guy over there . . . he's got that blue stuff in him. What was it called?"

Lock stepped away from his cohorts, approaching the man. He lifted the red mask from his face, revealing ashen grey skin and a mischievous smile formed by icy blue lips. As he looked upon the man, his eyes changed, paling a smidgen. "Katra. . . ."

"You idiot!" Shock squeaked. She lifted her mask too, revealing she had a similar complexion, examining the man. "It's 'CHAKRA!'"

Shrugging his shoulders, Barrel said, "Who cares what it's called? Whatever it is, Oogie said he wanted it, didn't he? We gonna take it to him?"

Lock, the sort-of-leader of the group, thought it over. Then, he sneered. "Might be fun. To Mr. Oogie Boogie!"

A bathtub with feet walked into the Guillotine Square, heading toward where the man-a ninja whose native residence had been the Land of Shuriken and Kunai-lied. Lock, Shock, and Barrel closed the flanks.

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Hikari entered the encampment and glanced at the tent. Night had fallen, therefore it was a lantern inside the tent that illuminated and silhouetted the group within. They appeared to be sitting around one another, conversing; from the laughter she heard, she could deduce they were having a mirthful time.

She stopped near the cargo pile and remained idle, simply watching their silhouettes for a moment. It was not difficult to distinct which semblance belonged to whom since everyone varied so greatly in major characteristics. All Sora, Donald, Goofy, Kiba, Jane, and the Professor were within; Clayton and Tarzan were not.