Midnight on Christmas Eve
A Naruto/GetBackers/Fullmetal Alchemist/Fruits Basket Christmas story. They all had a dark past. They all wanted to make a differance. now they can all Forget it for now and celebrate the wonderful wintery holiday. Yeah, right!
The young shinobis and kunoichis are sent on a mission during their winter break. The Sohmas and Honda celebrate christmas in a gift exchange party. The GetBackers had just finished earning some cash when they run into an old friend. The Fullmetal Alchemist (and I mean Edward) has to visit his old friend. All of this happening on Christmas Eve. What will happen when they meet face-to-face other people who has suffered as much as they did?
/Text/ - Chracter's thoughts
(Text) - Author's Note
Chapter 1
(Konoha Country)
"Look! I made a snow angel!" The blonde ninja grinned with his rosy whiskers. The pink-haired medic nin grinned back. "I can see the snow has proven your point, Naruto-kun."
"Kakashi-sensei is 5 hours late now." Sakura looked at the raven-haired boy with her emerald eyes. He was attractive and obnoxious. As the sole survivor of the Uchiha Clan, Sasuke had no time to wait and do nothing. He has a mission.
"You are right. He is usually 3 hours late." Naruto brushed the snow off of his head. "Maybe he is waiting for us at Tsunade-sama's office. Let's go there!" Sakura sighed. "I guess so.
(At the Hokage's office)
"I have not seen him. Sorry." Tsunade, a beautiful woman with lots of power (and I mean lots) is the 5th hokage. She taught Sakura everything she knew about medicines. Formerly known as one of the three legendary ninjas, she sighed at the sight of the huge piles of paper work that she has to do.
Naruto grinned at Sasuke. "Oh! Looks like we don't have a mission. Besides, it is Christmas eve."
Sakura crossed her arms and nodded in agreement. "Naruto has a point. During the week of out break, we get interrupted by saying we have a mission."
Sasuke sighed. "Let's go then." "Wait!"
Everyone looked at Tsunade. "I know what your mission is at least." "Really?"
She stooded up. "Your mission is for you to visit an old traveler by the name of Kohaku Miiko. Tell him that I sent you."
Sasuke raised his eyebrow. "This mission sounds too easy. Couldn't you get genins for this mission?"
"Oh, thust me. It is much harder then you think. It is definitely not easy."
Naruto shivered. /I wonder what that means./
"Oh, and one more thing." Tsunade handed to Sakura a piece of paper. "The following people on this list is required to come with you. Okay? Bye!" Tsunade pushed them out of the door before they can say anything esle.
Naruto glared at the door. "What's with her?" Sasuke shrugged. "Let's get this over with."
Sakura smiled. "I wonder who will come with us." The three shinobis looked at the list and all of their jaws dropped. "WHAT!"
"Brother, you should be more careful next time."
"Yeah, yeah. I just couldn't control my anger. That colonel just pisses me off."
A state alchemist with gold eyes and hair was talking to a big suit of armor. Hard to believe but Edward Elric is actually 15. He is short for his age and gets offended very easily.
"To control your anger, you need self-control." "I know that, Al."
Alphonse is the soul trapped inside the suit of armor. He often had a look out for his big brother.
Al sighed at his brother's stubborness. /I feel like a parent./
Edward saw that they have arrived at the house. "Hey! Winry! We're here!"
Edward is known as the Fullmetal Alchemist, but alot of people think that Alphonse is. With his right arm and left leg as auto-mail, he has his own personal mechanic.
"I told you to call!" A young engineer threw a wrench at Ed. WHAM! Ed ended up with a bloody head.
"WINRY! You could of killed me! Dammit Winry!" Winry grinned. "Fancy seeing you here today!" Al waved at her. "Hello, Winry."
Winry grew up with the Elric Brothers. She helped build Ed's auto-mail with Granny Pinako. Since she died, she was responsible for all of her patients and them.
"I need some readjustments in my arm. Something got loose and it feels funny." Winry sighed.
"What did you do this time?" Edward started to sweat and decided to pet Den. Winry turned to Al.
"Err...he got out of control and well..."
"Stop. I don't want to know." Edward turned to her. "So, how long will you fix it? For 3 days?"
She grinned. Don't underestimate me. I'll fix it in several hours. It looks like you need a bit of a longer arm."
She disconnected the arm. "So you did grow. Last time I saw you, you were BEEP cm tall."
After fixing the automail, she reconnected the arm within the hour. Edward tried to ignore her comment. He spawled across the couch, Al sat down on the floor with Den, and Winry sat next to Ed. So basically, from left to right, is Den, Al, Winry, and Edward.
W: "So, are you guys staying here for Christmas?"
A: "Of course, Winry."
E: "...I guess so."
W: "You guess so!"
A: "Brother..."
E: "Sorry. It just never popped in my head I would spend my time here."
WHAM! Winry hit him again with a wrench and Ed is bleeding everywhere. Al is sweating alot with Den.
W: "So, Al. What do you say about helping me clean this place up for Christmas?"
A: "Sure."
E: "Erm...I'll help."
W: "No. I think you should sit out."
E: "What? Why can't I help out?
A: "Uh...brother. you should go visit mom's and granny's graves."
E: "..." (He is thinking about it)
W: "Great idea. I think we should all go!"
E: "What? What about your earlier plan about cleaning the house up?"
A: "Ed, come on. That can wait."
W: "You should pay your respects."
E: "Why would I go with you?"
While Winry and Edward were arguing, Alphonse started to go for the door with Den next to him. "I will be going now. Hurry up if you want to come, too." Winry and Ed blinked as Al walked out the door into the snowy, silent day. "H-hey! Wait for us!"
"Honda-san. What about this tree?" The young optimist looked at the tree. It aws up to Tohru's shoulder height. She was Christmas shopping along with Prince Yuki.
"It's perfect!" "I'm glad that it is satisfying to your liking." Yuki Sohma is a young high school student council president. With his girl-like features and manners, the school has a fan club just for him.
"Hmph. Are we done yet?" Tohru grinned at the other boy who also accompanied her. "It's Christmas Eve!" "...Whatever."
Kyo Sohma is (unfortunately) Yuki's cousin. As the cat (literally) of the family, he still doesn't understand what Christmas is.
"So, Honda-san. Are you making a cake for the party?" "Yes! How did you know?" "Erm...I see you brought some cake ingredients." Kyo looked at the basket and noticed the ingredients.
"Yes, I'm making a vanilla cake! With icing!" Kyo scowled. "Icing?" "Ack! Will it be too sweet for you?" "No." Yuki smiled at Tohru's nervousness. "Don't worry. I am pretty sure it will be delicious for the party." "Hai!"
After they went home, out the tree up and baked the cake, Shigure left the house. "Yuki-kun! Kyo-kun! Tohru-kun! I'm leaving!" Tohru waved good bye. "Have fun, Shigure-san!"
Kyo peeked at the door. "Is that pervert finally gone? Good." Yuki set the table up for the party. "Is Hanajima-san and Uotani-san here yet?" Tohru looked out towards the path. "No. Where is Shigure-san going?"
Kyo snorted. "He is going to Hatori-san's house. Ayame-dobe, Hatori-san, Shigure-dobe, and Hatori's girlfriend are having a party there." "Eh! Hatori-san has a girlfriend!"
Yuki sighed. "Did you not listen to Shigure-san's babbling about this last week? Besides, it is amazing how Hatori-san can handle Shigure-san and Nii-san's hyperness."
DINO DONG! Tohru brighted up at the sound. (She just forgot all about Hatori's girlfriend when she heard that doorbell.) "They're here!" Tohru ran up to the door and found Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima standing there with some bags full of presents. "Hey there, Tohru-kun!" "Good evening Yuki-kun. Kyo-kun." "Hana-chan! Uo-chan! You made it!"
Arisa smiled. "Wouldn't miss this party for anything. And it is only 1 o'clock." "Yes." Yuki noticed the bags of presents. "Did you bring gifts for Honda-san?" Hanajima looked at her bag of gifts. "These? These are gifts for my friends."
Yuki and Kyo started to sweat. Uotani laughed and sat down with her girts next to her. "Don't worry. I made her promise not to put any curses on it." The Sohma cousins sighed in relief.
Tohru clapped her hands together. "Let's begin this party with our gift exchange!" Kyo's cat ears perked up. "Gift exchange?"
T: "Yes! It is where we trade gifts with each other! I bought gifts for everyone!"
H: "Oh, Tohru-kun. You shouldn't have."
U: "Yeah. I think those two should of."
Y: "Erm...I am sorry for not knowing this would happen."
K: "Can we just get this over with?"
H: "I have one for Tohru-kun, Arisa, Kyo-kun, and Yuki-kun."
U: "This one is carrot top's...Prince's...Hana's...and Tohru's!"
T: "Oh, thank you. I have present for you, too!"
Y: "Wow! This is the first time I am getting a gift."
K: "What is this, Yankee? Poison?"
U: "Hey! I bought it with my money!"
T: "Err...I'll open Hana-chan's gift up first!"
H: "Be careful."
K: "Why should she be careful?"
H: "..."
(Kyo is sweating and freaking out)
K: "What? What!"
H: ''It is just fragile."
Y: ''Haha. "
K: "Shut up, damn rat."
Y: "Oh, is that a threat, Baka neko?"
K: "Don't call me that, you lowlife rat!''
Y: "Baka Neko!"
U: "So, what did you give her, Hana-chan?"
H: "You will find out."
T: "Uwah!"
Y: "...Wow!"
It was a black kimono decorated with pink sakuras. It came with a pink belt and som pink chopsticks for her hair. "Uwah! This must have been expensive!"
Hanajima shooked her head. "Actually, it was mine but it didn't feel right for me." Arisa laughed. "Tohru-kun. Why don't you go get dressed. Prince Yuki, why don't you open Hana's gift." "Er...Okay."
Kyo snorted. "I bet she placed a curse on it." "Then I think it's your gift, Baka Neko." "WHAT WAS THAT!" Arisa stopped him. "Calm down. I hope the Prince likes Hana-chan's gift. It is a nice gift. Uncursed and all."
Tohru came back before Yuki can really see his gift. "Tohru-kun! You look beautiful!" Tohru blushed. She looked elegant in her kimono and she put her hair in a bun with her pink chopsticks in them.
Kyo blushed at her presence. Yuki smiled. "You look like a princess, Honda-hime." (Hime means princess.) "O-oh! Thank you, Yuki-kun." Arisa smiled. "You just came on time. Prince Yuki is opening his present from Hana-chan." "Is that a book?" Yuki noticed that his gift was a book. "Oh, yes."
Yuki looked at the dark, green book. /It has no title. It looks old, though./ Yuki opened and read the first page.
There was a family who had a bad past for 100,000 years.
For years, they tried to find a way to get rid of the curse but God wouldn't allow it.
It was on Christmas eve when they find out a way to help them forget about their awful past.
Now it begins...
"Hanajima-san. What is this?" Hana looked at the book. "Is that green? Dear me, that is the wrong bok." Kyo got scared. "What do you mean?" Tohru pointed at the book in fear. "The book is glowing!" "Wha?" Suddenly Yuki, Kyo, Tohru, Hanajima, and Uotani disappeared with the book. The only witness was a black dog. "Arf?" (Que?)
"Ban-chan! Look at the cash!" Ban Mido pushed the Lightning Lord away from the pile money. "I know. But we have to pay for out debts. And our car." Ginji's face fell. "But I'm hungry." "You're always hungry. I guess we can go eat something first." "Yea!"
Ban Mido is the urchin head. Ginji is the blondie. Together, they are the GetBackers. Ban has his evil eye and power of orochimaru. (Not Orochimaru from Naruto.) Ginji is the electric human. They are the recover agency with an (almost) 100 case success rate!
"Yo!" Ginji and Ban looked and saw Shido and Madoka. "Hey, Shido-kun! Hey, Madoka-chan!" Madoka giggled at Ginji's voice. "Good afternoon. Merry Christmas, Ban."
B: "Going somewhere, monkey boy?"
S: "Yeah. We're going somewhere. Wanna tag a long?"
G: "Yea! Where are you going, Madoka-chan?"
M: "A special place. Mozart knows where."
S: "So, Mido. That is alot of caxh there."
B: "Yea. We got a job that paid off nicely."
G: "Yea! Now we need a place to pit this!"
Ginji held up a painting of a snowy landscape. It has a single, bare tree with a burned down house next to it. There are several gravestones and 3 people and a dog are visiting the graves.
"Wow. Did Clayman give you this?" Ban nodded. "Yea. It's call Snowy Memories. The artist is unknown." Mozart barked. "We're here. Come on! You can met someone!"
The 3 guys gasped at their location. Ther were in a cemetory. The snow gave it a peaceful look yet it hld a gloomy aura. Shido looked at his girlfriend. (They both don't admit it but they are boyfriend and girlfriend.)
/Why are we here/ Ginji whispered to them. "Is someone meeting her here?" Ban shrugged. "We'll find out soon." Madoka stopped in front of a paticular gravestone. She bent down and brushed he snow off of the grave. Shido looked at the plate, reading, "Haku. A beloved friend."
Shido turned towards Madoka. "Is Haku this someone you wanted us to meet?" Yes. He was my best friend. He died when I was 10 on this very day." Ban looked at the grave with sorrow eyes. "Was he blind, too?" "No. He was deaf. But he had powers like yours."
Ginji crooked his head. "What?" "He can travel into pictures and paintings." Shido was surprised. ban looked at the painting that was in Ginji's hands. "Do you think he can still do that?"
"I don't..." Shido looked at Madoka. "Madoka?" He looked at her eyes and gasped. Ban and Ginji saw it, too. Her eyes were purple now and it looked like she can actually saw them. Like she wasn't blind anymore.
Ginji got scared. "Is Madoka-chan okay?" Shido noticed that Mozart was saying, "Haku's power is going to Madoka! Give her the painting!" (That was Mozart's caninese.)
Shido turned towards Ginji. "Ginji. Give me that painting!" "Huh? Why?" "Look, just do it!" Shido held the painting to Madoka. She took the painting. She started to speak but with a deeper voice.
"I am Haku now. My ghost lingers around the grave until today. I have waited to return back something for Madoka for all the kindness she has given me. Now that I am part of her mind, I can travel you 3 to this snowy place. She now has the power to do what I can do."
Ban raised an eyebrow. "What about Madoka-chan?" "Don't worry. Let's travel first." Madoka closed her eyes. The painting started to glow. "What the...?" Suddenly Shido, Mozart, Madoka, Ban, and Ginji disappeared with the painting goine, too.
Yes! I am done! Even if Christmas is over, I think this is a cute, little story. If possible, can I get about 5 reviews before I start the second chapter, please? Thanks everyone!
(Kym is my best friend)
Kym: You should have done a Sohma Christmas with the 12 days of Christmas.
Animesempaigirl: Really? Hmm...
K: Duh!
A: Maybe I can have the 12 days of christmas but only like this. The 13 days of the zodiac christmas.
K: Oh! Can I help out?
A: Of course, Kym!
See you later! -Animesempaigirl