Here is chapter 11 of Haunted House Assignment. Sorry it took way, too long, but I've been busy and I had forgotten to update the story like three days ago.

So, for the long wait, I made this chapter a little longer than most.

Enjoy.

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Chapter 11

"Sasuke-kun," Sakura whispered.

"Hn," he responded as he looked down to his shoulder where Sakura's head rested.

"Don't you think it's too quiet?"

He nodded not taking his eyes away from the door, while unconsciously tightening his arm around Sakura.

'The dobe better hurry, I don't know how long we can take this anxiety.' Sasuke thought as he felt Sakura shiver.

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"Wow, Hinata, your house is really cool!" Naruto said as he looked around Hinata's home: there were about three scenery paintings hung on the wall next two each other; the couches that were in the living room looked antique and so did the furniture. The walls were painted light orange and the floors were made of shiny wood.

"My father is really into those things."

She motioned with her hand for him to follow her up the stairs to the second floor. Walking down the hall, they stopped once they reached a door with a sign that said, "Knock before entering."

"Neji-san likes his privacy," Hinata explained before giving three short knocks on the door.

The sound of footsteps approaching the door was heard before the door opened only a slit so that Neji's face could be seen.

"What is it Hinata-san?" he asked opening the door a little farther when he saw it was just his cousin.

"Um, Naruto-kun has a dilemma…concerning spirits."

At first Neji seemed skeptical, not knowing to actually believe her, especially considering it was Naruto who was the one with the problem, but when he looked toward Naruto he saw true worry in his eyes.

Giving a sigh, he opened the door all the way to let both teens enter his room. When Naruto and Hinata entered, the first thing they noticed was TenTen sitting at the edge of Neji's bed with a book in her lap, while occasionally flipping the pages, not noticing their presence.

"TenTen, I think we have a new case," Neji told his partner while sitting on his computer chair and closing out the program he was using to give his full attention to Naruto and Hinata.

"Hey Hinata-chan," TenTen said closing her book and placing it next to her.

"Hello TenTen-san."

"So what's the problem?" Neji asked taking out a notepad and a pen, while TenTen gave Naruto her full attention.

Naruto began to tell them the same story that he told Hinata at the café, also the story that Konohamaru had told him when he was still at the house; all the while Neji took notes whereas TenTen asked questions.

"Hm, sounds interesting," TenTen mumbled in conclusion.

"Yea, so what can you all do to get my friends out of that hell hole?" Naruto asked.

"Well, I think this calls for an exorcist," Neji inquired.

"Hm, are you sure Neji, I mean they are kids who seem pretty harmless. The only real problem is the older spirit, Udon." His partner added.

"Well, one of the ghost kids made vines attack me. The girl ghost seems more harmless than all three combined," Naruto said, actually having an intelligent conversation.

"Hm, I still say we need an exorcism for this. We can get rid of the girl without difficulty and I think the boy ghost can be casted away easily. Our real crisis is with Udon, seeing as he has a serious connection to the house."

"Alright, I see your point Neji. An exorcism it is," TenTen said getting up from her position on the bed and walking toward Neji's walk-in closet.

All remained quiet as they waited for TenTen to come out. When she did, she had a black bag with a white cross on it, in her hands.

"I've got everything we need in the bag, Neji." Just as Neji was about to respond, Naruto interrupted him.

"Are you sure you guys are capable of doing an actual exorcism, because I've seen that movie and man did I get freaked out!" he exclaimed shivering at the thought of the girl that came out in the film.

"Yes Naruto, we are very capable of doing these rituals," Neji began to explain, "You see, my father's father was a man of spirits. He lived to create a boundary between the living and the dead.

"He thought that peace could only be held when these two different worlds were separated, so that's what my grandfather did his whole life, which included teaching my father everything he knew and in turn my father taught me everything he knows."

"Yeah, besides, Neji has the ability to see things that aren't really there, like ghosts and spirits and I have the skill to pinpoint their location; what's more it looked like he needed a partner so I decided to join him, either way, spirits are cool!" TenTen said giving Neji a smack on the back, which he in turn gave her a glare, "Oh hush, hush you baby, now come on Naruto, show us the way to this house."

"Oh, yeah, let's go!" He said while grabbing Hinata's hand and running out the door with Neji and TenTen on his trail.

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The house appeared to be in its quiet, peaceful serenity. Sakura was quietly dozing off on Sasuke's shoulder while he had his cheek resting on her cushiony bed of hair.

He could feel his eyes get heavier with every passing minute. Both he and Sakura were exhausted from all the things that had been happening and his knee still hurt like hell, but he tried to ignore it the best he could.

Trying to stay awake, he reached into his pocket for anything that he could use as entertainment while they both waited for Naruto to come back with help.

His hand soon encountered something that he had forgotten he had. Taking his hand out, he stared at the ring and necklace. However, before he could do anything with them a voice echoed throughout the quiet room.

"Those are mine…," it whispered. Suddenly, the room began to quake causing Sakura to awake in a start.

"Sasuke-kun, what's going on?" she asked hugging him around his chest.

Picking himself and Sakura up, he took a hold of her hand while unconsciously stepping in front of her.

They remained like that what seemed like hours before the quaking stopped completely, as though nothing had happened to begin with.

Soon Sakura's phone began to vibrate, this time already being sure that the volume was turned completely off.

"H-hello," her voice trembled. Knowing Sakura was still shaken up by the event that just occurred, Sasuke gently took the phone from her hand while bringing her into a hug with his other free arm.

"Dobe, did you get help?" Sasuke questioned while trying to soothe his best friend/ girlfriend.

"Teme? Uh, yeah, you'll never guess who I got, but we are on our way there."

"How long?" Sasuke questioned almost impatiently.

"Not too long I can see the house from here."

Sasuke let out a breath he was holding, but then came to realize a very important piece of information. "Dobe, how do you intend to get inside when the doors are locked?"

"Uh…wait a second." Naruto said.

Mumbling could be heard in the background as Sasuke tried to make out any words that he could hear, but he heard nothing.

"Got it covered teme! See you soon."

Just as Sasuke was about to question him further Naruto clicked leaving Sasuke with the operating machine.

Sighing in annoyance, he put the phone on his back pocket while putting both arms around Sakura's shaking form.

"Was it Naruto?" she asked in a whisper.

"Yeah, he's almost here and he has help with him," Sasuke responded.

"Should we go downstairs?" Sakura asked fearing the answer but also knowing they had to do it.

"I'm afraid so, but don't be afraid, nothing will hurt you, I promise." Sasuke swore giving her forehead a quick kiss.

She nodded, letting go of his waist but clinging to his arm instead. Opening the door quietly, Sasuke stuck his head out to look down the hallway to make sure nothing seemed out of the ordinary, considering this house was already whack job.

Opening the door completely, he moved his arm to inform Sakura they were heading to the stairs. Both began to walk down the hallway quietly, making sure not to make a noise that would notify anybody that they were out of the room.

Finally reaching the staircase, both made their trip down the stairs just as quietly. Just as Sasuke's foot was stepping on the stairs, a squeaky, loud creek resounded bouncing off the walls of the house. Both teens tensed at the sudden disturbance of noise, as it seemed to echo in a mocking manner.

Seconds ticked by as both held their breath in anticipation. When they noticed that nothing was going to happen, they continued down the stairs. They made their way to the living room since it was close to the front door and sat on the dusty couch that was closest to the entrance unless they needed to make a quick escape.

"We'll wait for them here," Sasuke whispered to Sakura.

"Okay, Sasuke-kun."

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"Hurry up, Neji!" Naruto yelled behind him as he still ran with Hinata tagging along.

Neji gave off a small growl while TenTen laughed at her friend's antics. Fortunately, for them, they reached the house quickly.

The group of teens stood at the end of the pavement that led to three small steps of stairs at the entrance of the front door.

"Hm, we're not even at the door and I can already feel a dark aura," Neji commented as TenTen nodded.

"Who cares?! Come on, Sasuke and Sakura are waiting for me," Naruto said taking his first steps toward the front door. With that, the other three followed him. Arriving at the door, Naruto moved aside so that Neji could have a good look at it.

"The door is locked from the inside out, Sasuke checked it when we had tried to escape the first time," Naruto informed him, "I also tried to using my head to break it down…it didn't work." He added while rubbing the bump on the back of his head.

"Hm, I have a way to make it open without using physical force," Neji murmured. He motioned for TenTen to come stand next to him with the bag open. Reaching his hand into the sack, he took out a piece of white rectangular paper with the Japanese character "Kami" on it.

He also took out a small bottle of holy water in a plastic container with a white cross on it.

Suddenly, he stuck the paper onto the door and began to spray the whole door with the holy water while saying a short prayer under his breath.

"How is paper and water going to help?" Naruto whispered to Hinata, but was interrupted by TenTen who gave him a deathly glare that made him not want to open his mouth again.

There was a low moan that seemed to come out of the house, but Neji continued to do his ritual. Finally the moaning stopped and Neji reached for the doorknob, but just as Naruto was going to say that it would not work, the door opened with ease.

Neji made sure to throw a smug look over toward Naruto before he motioned for them to go inside.

When they all entered, the door suddenly closed as if someone had slammed it shut, followed by the clicking sound of the door locking. Neji seemed to glare at the air but Naruto soon cut the tension when he called out, "Sakura-chan, teme, you in here?"

"Naruto, shut up!" responded a low whisper from the living room area. With that Neji, TenTen, Naruto, and Hinata made their way to where the noise had come from.

They were soon presented with the presence on Sasuke and Sakura sitting on the couch rather closely.

"About time you got here, dobe, and you brought the Hyuga with you?" Sasuke asked. However, before Naruto could respond there came a loud crash on the second floor. Time seemed to freeze for all of them as they watched the stairs for anything that might come down.

When nothing happened, Neji began to speak in a low voice so that only they could hear what he was going to say.

"Alright, listen up, there are three ghosts. Two aren't so harmless but the other is. We will have to get rid of the two smaller ones and take the older one with all we've got.

"First we should try to figure out the cause of these connections, so we'll have to ask a few questions. We'll also have to look around the house for something that looks of importance to the other two ghosts, so it might be kind of dangerous." Before he could finish explaining Sasuke took out the ring and necklace. "I think these should do," Sasuke said as he handed them over to Neji.

"Alright, TenTen get the ritual ready," Neji ordered, "You guys try to stay somewhere where they won't be able to sense you."

With that said, Sasuke grabbed Sakura by the arm with Naruto behind him. They made their way to the furthest corner, cautious about not being seen, but where they could see what was happening.

Neji reached into his bag again, taking out the same bottle of holy water and a cross that he held in his hand. With his other hand, he had the necklace and ring. He handed the holy water to TenTen who was at his side loyally.

He held up the small objects toward the air along with the cross, and began to say a small prayer under his breath. All the while, TenTen began sprinkling water around their area.

The same tremble as before started again as the furniture around them quaked as well. Suddenly, Neji began to speak in a higher tone, "Konohamaru, Moegi, come here now." He ordered.

Then the quaking stopped, but was followed by a whooshing noise that seemed to come from in front of Neji and TenTen. Dust seemed to collect in a small tornado form, but when it dispersed Konohamaru and Moegi were there looking dazed by the sudden appearance.

"I have called you, to set you free," Neji began but was cut off by Konohamaru who seemed to come out of his dream like state. "You can't send us away!" he said to the teenage boy, "We live here and if you don't get out of here soon our big cousin will kill you!"

"Why do you say that?" Neji asked trying to keep the conversation going.

"He told us that whoever comes in this house can never come back out." The small ghost spoke in his most frightening voice, which only came out as a hushed whisper, as his sister vigorously nodded.

"Hm, I don't believe you."

"Well you should!" Moegi countered back. After she had said this, Neji closed his eyes in deep concentration.

When he reopened them, they could sense a deep hollow sensation. It felt as if eyes were looking right through your soul, penetrating your very self-conscious.

"Byakugan," Neji whispered so that only he and the ghost kids could hear him. Then everything went silent.

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That was chapter 11 =]

I hoped you liked it and I am currently working on chapter 12. Hope you review and tell me what you thought of this! Till next time.

Mojo-Jojo