A/N: Happy Late Halloween! I did a story celebrating my favorite time of the year, with the Lucky Star cast. This is a Halloween Special and I wouldn't necessarily consider it cannon to the Anime series. It's really up to the readers to decide when the story might take place in the show's timeline. I originally intended to get this out a few days before Halloween, but due to personal issues it unfortunately wasn't possible, but better a belated Halloween fanfic then a rushed Half-finished one.
Konata and Tsukasa were sitting in class at lunch time. Tsukasa looked out the window and said, "Look at all the leaves falling from the trees. I love this time of the year, don't you Kona Chan?"
"Yeah, and you know what holiday is coming up that will make this time of the year complete?" Konata said, sitting back with her arms crossed.
"Uhmm..." Tsukasa looked a bit confused and looked around. "It isn't Christmas is it?"
"You're close!" Konata said as she then picked up her Choco Cornet, drew a scary face on it, then broke it in half as red filling came out. "It's almost Halloween, Tsukasa!" She then gave an evil laugh.
Tsukasa then screamed, then fell back into her chair. "Oh, I totally forget. I've never been a big fan of that holiday. I've heard terrible things about it since I was little. We usually get a pumpkin each year, but we don't really celebrate it much other then that."
"Aww, c'mon, how can you not love Halloween? Don't you love a good scare..." She then pulled a large toy spider out of her shirt, which Tsukasa then screamed again.
"Whatever is wrong, Tsukasa-san? Are you feeling ill?" Miyuki said, walking up to them.
"Konata was telling me about about Halloween. I haven't really liked it since I was young. Our older sisters used to tell us horrifying stories. I would get so scared I thought I saw ghost one year." Tsukasa responded in a very quet and scared tone.
"Ah, Hallows' Eve... such an intriguing holiday in deed. I remember it was a tradition for me each year to get books from the library, telling of Urban legends surrounding the holiday, and I would stay up late reading in the dark, but now that my eyesight isn't very good now that unfortunately might not be good for me." Miyuki stated with a smile.
"Wow, I didn't know you were into that kind of stuff, Miyuki-chan." Konata said a bit surprised.
"Supernatural mythology can be quite facinating." Miyuki chuckled.
"But what if it's real though?" Tsukasa said shaking a little, while picking up her SGT Frog plush she kept in her school bag, holding it close.
"Oh, don't be silly, Tsukasa-san. The stories are usually just to give us a small fright. I'm not scared on Halloween, but what does scare me is the cavities I sometimes get when eating sweets. Nothing is worse the getting a painful trip to the dentist after a holiday." Miyuki responded, looking down in fear.
Tsukasa held on to her mouth and said, "I know what you mean. I'm already getting a toothache just thinking about it..."
A bit later after school when the girls were riding on the bus, Konata noticed Kagami was looking out the window, very upset. She smiled and asked, "Kagamin, what's eating ya?
"The damn Pocky is eating me... Everytime I just want a little snack I gain weight like crazy."
"That can be frustrating, especially during holidays when candy and snacks are everywhere." Miyuki said, as Konata nodded and Tsukasa giggled.
"Oh, especially on Valentine's day. When I eat one chocolate from a box I just can never stop at just one. My taste buds are just begging for more and I can't control myself." Tsukasa said with visions of sweets floating around her head.
"I once ate a whole ball of Halloween candy at a party when I was twelve and I didn't throw up or even get a stomach ach. I eat allot of candy each year and I still stay in shape." Konata said as the other three girls gasped in surprise.
"Hey, how come you don't gain weight, but I do?" Kagami scolded.
"Because I have self control and I get lots of exercise." Konata retorted with a sly look and her arms crossed.
"DOING WHAT? PLAYING VIDEO GAMES?" Kagami burst out in anger as Konata nodded.
Next day after school, the girls were walking in town in search for some Halloween costumes for the big Halloween festival Konata found out about.
Konata noticed that there were already a number of people passing by them in cosplay, dressing as well known characters from Naruto, Gundam, Tenchi Muyo and One Piece. "Halloween really is getting big for the cosplay community this year. I love it when a holiday becomes practically dedicated to anime."
"It figures," Kagami sighed, "No wonder you love this holiday. It's getting full of your kind."
"Shouldn't more people be trying to be scary though. I mean I thought that was the point of Halloween." Tsukasa stated, looking around a bit confused.
Just then a guy walked past her with a fake axe on his head and fake blood around his neck. "Did you say scary, little girl? Haha,"
"AHHH! I really wish I didn't say anything." Tsukasa said, looking down.
"Oh, will you calm down? Non of it is real. They're just costumes. Calm down." Kagami said, patting her sister on the shoulder.
"Yeah, for now. In two days is when our ancestors are gonna be haunting us and we're going to welcome them rather then trying to scare them away like other countries. Oh, and Kagami... I think I see something down your bra. I'd be nervous if I were you."
"What are you even talking about?" Kagami responded, irritated, then looked down her shirt and saw a large fake spider. She then screamed and fell to the ground.
Konata and the other girls were laughing as Kagami pulled the toy spider out from her shirt and said, "I don't even know how the Hell you did that, you perve..."
"I have my ways. My dad loves Halloween and taught me lots of cool tricks like that." Konata said in pride.
"Oh, look at that store! It looks like they're giving Halloween stuff in there." Tsukasa said as Kagami walked up to the local department store which had a giant Pumpkin-Headed scarecrow and allot of paper cut out bats hanging around the door.
The orange sign said, "Halloween goodies for sale, nothing more then 5 dollars. Costumes and more. Today and Friday only."
"Oh, wow! Let's check it out you guys." Kagami said, excited.
"Oh, those paper bats are actually cute. They aren't scary at all." Tsukasa said with a smile, now feeling a little more excited about Halloween.
"Tsukasa, you really need to get into the true Halloween spirit. The fun of Halloween doesn't come from cute stuff." Konata said, walking in after her.
"I admire the time they took to decorate the store. It is nice on the eyes indeed." Miyuki said, walking in next.
When they walked in Tsukasa spotted a large stand of Halloween plush toys, including orange pumpkins, green pumpkins, purple pumpkins, spiders and more. "Oh, I gotta get one of those pumpkins. They're so adorable."
"Okay, just one. We're here to look for costumes, remember?" Kagami said, with a smile and a sweatdrop.
Tsukasa picked up a purple pumpkin plush, cuddled it and said, "Oh, so cute! I love Halloween, I really do!" She then bumped into a large Frankenstein display and shouted and bumped into it, knocking it down.
"Hey, be careful there, young lady." An employee at the store said.
"Yes, sir. I'm sorry..." Tsukasa looked down.
"I will fix it!" Kagami said, pulling the stuffed Frankenstein back up. "My sister can be such a clutz sometimes."
"You're right, sis, sorry about that." Tsukasa giggled.
"Hey, over here guys." Konata called them over as her and Miyuki were looking through the costumes."
Kagami's eyes widened as she rushed over to the costume section and picked up a nice Hatsune Miku outfit and said, " only for 2 dollars? What a great deal."
"What? Do you have a secret ego you're not telling us about, Kagami-san?" Konata remarked.
"SHUT UP! It's none of your business..." Kagami retorted.
Konata then picked up a Monkey D. Luffy costume and said, "Ah, now this is the stuff. I'm gonna be King of the pirates!'
"There still making that anime? How long has it been, ten years?" Kagami asked.
"Yup, and they're just getting started. Everybody loves an adventure series. There's so many ideas you can come up with." Konata responded.
Tsukasa was looking around and couldn't decide until she found a Sergeant Keroro mask, she giggled and said, "I know what I'm gonna be!"
"I kinda figured you were gonna be Keroro." Kagami noted with a smile.
"You know me, Sis." Tsukasa smiled.
"Oh, this looks nice." Miyuki said, picking up a Princess Peach costume.
"Wow, you like Mario, Miyuki?" Konata asked amazed.
"I used to play the games, but it was many years ago." Miyuki explained.
"I see." Konata said with a smile, holding onto her chin.
About an hour later, back at the Hiiragi residents, Tsukasa was raking leaves in the front yard. The four sisters usually took turns raking leaves in fall and today was Tsukasa's turn.
She kept trying to get the leaves into the pile, but the leaves kept blowing away. "Oh, this is gonna take all night"
She then began to remember when she was a kid and leaves falling by the house wasn't nearly as stressful. "Oh, I remember jumping into piles of leaves and rolling in them. It was so much fun!'
Her flashback then unfortunately ended and she found herself rolling in the pile of leaves for real. "Oh, no! I screwed up. I screwed up really bad.."
"Calm down, I'll help you." Kagami said standing by the door, with her arms crossed and a sweatdrop.
"Thanks, sis. You're the best." Tsukasa said with a sigh of relief.
With Kagami's help, all the leaves were raked and the yard was clean in no time. "Thanks again for your help, sis. I hate to admit, but I can be pretty stupid when doing these things. Sorry I have to bother you for help allot."
"Aw, you're not stupid, Tsukasa. You're pretty silly and forgetful, but it's who you are though, and it actually feels good sometimes to feel like a responsible older sister and I'm glad I have you sometimes."
Tsukasa's eyes lit up in joy. "Oh, thank you, sis. That really means allot."
A few minutes later, they went inside for dinner and as they say at the table, Tadao said, "You girls did a fantastic job outside. I'm gonna be pretty busy tomorrow. Can I count on you girls to pick up a pumpkin at the grocery store?
'Sure, Dad. No problem." Kagami responded.
"Oh, carving a pumpkin is so fun! I just hope we don't make it scary like last year..." Tsukasa said, mildly excited.
"You really gotta get over your phobia of scary things on Halloween." Kagami said with a smile.
The next day, Kagami and Tsukasa were headed towards the grocery store to get a pumpkin. There were at least twenty for sale outside the supermarket. "Oh, look at all the pumpkins, sis. Wonder which one we should get." Tsukasa said.
"Well, let's try to look for a smaller one. Big ones are a pain in the ass to carry back." Kagami said while walking up to the pumpkin stand to talk to the store employee. "Do you have any smaller pumpkins or medium size?'
"The smaller pumpkins are all sold out, mam. Now we just have large and extra large size." The employee responded.
Kagami pulled out her wallet and muttered, "Just wonderful."
"Wow, sis, that pumpkin is almost half the size of you! Tsukasa said with a smile.
"Just help me carry it..." Kagami said in agony.
"Of course, sis!" Tsukasa grabbed onto the other side of the pumpkin.
They made it back home about an hour later. Tsukasa was so worn out she couldn't help carry it anymore. Tsukasa opened the front door and said, "We made it, sis."
Kagami set the pumpkin down and fell on the floor, taking deep breaths. "Well, at least I've got some exercise. I literally feel some muscle coming in."
"Did you guys get the pumpkin yet?" Kagami and Tsukasa's older sister Matsuri asked, while walking into the living room. Her jaw then dropped. "Did you really need to get that big thing? It will take six hours to carve it..."
Kagami then held her fist out and scolded, "You better not get on my nerves right now, or I swear to God, I'm going to-"
"Calm down you guys." Inori interrupted with a giggle. She then grabbed onto the pumpkin and said, "Let's go ahead and start carving this big thing."
Kagami and Matsuri just looked at each other, angry and silent for a minute and went ahead and helped Ironi get the pumpkin in the kitchen.
Kagami craved the top of the pumpkin and Tsukasa started pulling out the pumpkin seeds. "This stuff inside pumpkins is so gross and goey when it gets on my hands." Tsukasa said, shaking the orange stuff off her hands.
"Hard to believe people make pie out of this stuff..." Kagami said in wonder.
"They do?" Tsukasa asked, now feeling a little nauseous. " I don't think I'll be able to look at pie the same way again."
About two hours later, nearly all the pumpkin seeds were out on a big pile of newspapers. Tsukasa then was ready to start carving the face.
"Tsukasa, you're making it too cute!" Matsuri said, grabbing the knife from her sister and made the other eye of the pumpkin much more evil looking.
"Oh, no" Tsukasa said, grabbing the knife back. "You're making it too scary!"
They both went back and forth, until the pumpkin was finally finished into a deformed looking Jack-O-Lantern.
"Oh, no... I messed up the pumpkin." Tsukasa said, looking down in shame.
"Well, it's scary, that's for sure." Kagami added.
Later, Tsukasa was in her room, getting ready for bed. She set her new pumpkin plush next to her and said to herself, "Oh, why do I gotta be so scared each Halloween? The memories of seeing ghost that one year just won't go away."
She sighed and lied back in her pillow. It then was storming a few minutes later and she heard loud creaking and breaking sounds outside. She was holding on to her covers and her pumpkin plush, shivering.