My Brother's a Jinchūriki! EXTRAS

2018 Halloween Special- Part 1

*This Halloween Special is not a canon part of this story but it is supposed to be fun! I hope you enjoy it! The timeline of this Halloween special is around the time of the Chunin Exams.*

Sakura and Sasuke waited outside of Naruto's building impatiently. Sasuke leaned his back against the wall with his arms crossed, while Sakura looked up at Naruto's balcony and paced.

"We're always waiting for him." She muttered. "He's almost as late as often as Kakashi-sensei."

Naruto rushed down the steps and greeted them with a sheepish smile. "Heh. Sorry."

"You'd better be! We've been waiting for you for a while." Sakura put her hands on her hips and looked his costume up and down. He wore old, tattered, dirty clothes and his face had been carefully painted to look skeletal and decayed. "Huh. Your costume is actually really good. You like almost like a real zombie. It's creepy."

Naruto grinned and crossed his arms. "It's great, right?? It took me a long time but it's really a masterpiece!"

"Where's Natsumi?" Sakura looked back up at the window of the apartment. "I thought she was going to come with us?"

Naruto made a face, scrunching his features. "She said she needed more time to get ready. She said that her costume is pretty elaborate."

Sakura let out a quiet sigh. "The polite thing to do would be to wait for her, but I don't want to be late for Trick-or-Treating and miss out on the candy."

Naruto looked more closely at Sakura, a slight smirk forming as he looked at her. She wore a purple and orange witch's dress, with a laced bodice and fluffy skirt, paired with short, buckled heels and a pointed black witch's hat. She held a broom in her hands to complete the look and Naruto blushed faintly.

"You look really cute, Sakura-chan."

Her cheeks warmed and she turned away. "You moron. I didn't dress up to impress you."

Naruto looked at Sasuke, who stood quietly off to the side. "You didn't dress up at all!"

Sasuke scoffed under his breath. "Halloween is for children."

"W-What?!" Naruto's eyes widened briefly, then he narrowed his eyes at Sasuke. "Listen, you! Just because you're stuck-up doesn't mean you get to ruin it for everyone else! Halloween is about having fun!"

Before he could reply, a small rush of wind came between the trio, accompanied by an eerie hissing, and Naruto blinked suddenly.

"W-What was that?"

Sakura rolled her eyes. "It was just the wind. Just because it's Halloween doesn't mean that you need to be paranoid."

He made a face and crossed his arms. "I-I'm not paranoid! It was just surprising, is all!"

"Naruto, you—" Sakura stopped as a soft, faint groaning filled the air around them and a chill ran down her spine. "W-What's that?"

Naruto looked around quickly, unable to find the source of the noise, then he looked at Sakura with a slight smirk. "Who's being paranoid now?"

Sakura flushed and scowled, but another small rush of wind blew by and she held her arms close to her chest. "I-I'm not paranoid. There are just some strange things happening."

A faint blur of white passed through and Naruto and Sakura yelped simultaneously.

"A-A g-ghost!" Naruto pointed at the blur as it disappeared inside of a shrub. A quiet crunching came from the bush and Naruto stepped back from it. "C-Creepy!"