"And the limousine drove off into the sunset. The End." The man with the dusty blonde hair chuckled, "So how was that for a scary story?"

The little boy crossed his arms and pouted, "Not scary at all!"

"But there was a grim reaper, cats, and scary girls," the man protested, "There was even some black magic."

"So? That story was stupid. It didn't say who that lawyer was or what happened to him."

He shrugged, "He was a minor character."

"So… everyone fell asleep when he snapped his fingers?"

"Magic."

"Lame! I'm gonna ask uncle for a better story."

"Please don't!" the man pleaded, "Just go to sleep until your mother gets home."

"NO!" he slide out of the racecar bed and ran out the room.

"Takeda!" the man yelled and tried to grab him but the young man slipped right out of reach.

The boy giggled as he ran downstairs and headed straight or the kitchen, "Uncle!" He smiled as he watched his uncle reading from a book, "now we just need two drop of the…" he paused and looked up, "Takeda, aren't you supposed to be sleeping?"

"Yes he is," the man called from the distance.

The boy giggled and hid under the man's cloak, "No! I want to help Uncle Nekozawa with an incantation."

"Please don't. It's bed time."

"Did you read him a story?" Nekozawa asked.

"Yes. He didn't want a book so I told him the story of how you and Sunako met."

"That's not a good scary story," In walked Sunako who picked up the giggling young man, "I could always tell you another scary story. This one is about an angel statue."

"Yeah!" cheered the boy.

"NO!" yelled the man, "Last time you told him a story he was in the bed with us for a month."

"Dad!" the boy blushed, "It wasn't a month... just a few days."

"Yeah… try a few weeks kiddo."

"Hmm," Nekozawa rubbed his chin, "Perhaps you are not ready for something like that."

The boy pouted and stared at the puppet, "Beelzenef, tell them I am ready for scary stories."

The puppet shook his head and waved his hands frantically.

"See… he agrees," Sunako pointed out, "But next year you can help us with conjuring death. How does that sound?"

"yeah! I want to meet the grim reaper," he giggled.

"I think I came in at the wrong part of that," a woman walked in with long wavy hair and pink lipstick.

"Mommy!" he ran over to her and hugged her tight.

"Big brother, please stop getting him addicted to dark magic." She moved over and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Then turned to Sunako, "And you are encouraging him."

Sunako chuckled and gave a shrug, "sorry."

"Well I am done with my shift, let's go home honey."

The man smiled and gave a bow to both Nekozawa and Sunako. "Thank you for letting us stay."

"The pleasure is ours of course," Umehito smiled and waved them out.

When the three were safely buckled in the car, Takeda got listless and looked out the windows of the car, "hey dad?"

With his hands tight on the wheel he looked away briefly to glance at the rearview mirror, "Yes?"

"You told me about how Uncle met Aunty, but how did you meet mom?"

He pulled the car to a jerky stop. He and Kirimi exchanged glances before the car finally moved again.

"Um," she turned in the passenger seat and smiled, "that's a story for another night."

A/N: I can't thank you all enough for putting up with me. I have to apologize. I know these chapters feel a bit rushed but I wanted this to finish so badly and I wanted to be on the midnight of Halloween.

So I hope it was worth the wait and I want to thank you all for the comments and support.

It is official on Halloween that the story if finished, well not including the fact that I have to go back and error check… like many of my stories.

Thank you and have an awesome Halloween! And for those who don't celebrate… have a fun.. candy/scary movie night!