DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or any of their brilliant exquisite characters. Especially not Hinata………. But if I did…. Oh ho if I did! Woo! Rule #1: Hinata gets Naruto!! Now this fan fic has occasional or maybe frequent profanity so I advise READER DISCRESSION! Just in case.
Preface: I'd first like to sends a special thank you to all of the readers who were kind enough to read and review my last fan fic Sand Blossom featuring Gaara and Sakura. I hope that this fan fic is as enjoyable as the last, enjoy and keep reviews a-comin'! They are a real confidence boost. Thank you and good day.
Dango and Sake
As the sun sets in the village of Konoha, the moon takes its place and turns day into night. Shopkeepers close down their shops and pack it away for the next day, the children return home to their parents, workers return to their respective families, and the Night-Watch Ninja take off on their nightly duties.
All of the lights go out in every home save for the fireflies that zoom around. In the black streets of Konoha dark figures zoom around, they all converge on one place and then they spread out. They are careful not to make noise, and even a cat is silence with a playful toy before it can make any sound to disrupt the quite night. The figures stand next to posts and lanterns stationed in the central plaza of the village.
There is a single command and the posts and lanterns are ignited emitting neon type lights! This is the secret of the sleeping Leaf Village, once the sun goes down; the "Night Life" begins! The plaza is filled with numerous lights and elaborate patterns in chains of lanterns that are hung from rooftop to rooftop. Night time merchants step out of their houses and set up shop for after dark customers. Thrilling music begins to echo through the plaza, a sound stage is set up in the plaza and a crowd begins to gather.
Who attends the "Night Life" festivities? Anyone who can muster the strength to stay up at night and party. Some workers come out dressed in a new set of clothes, having bathed and eaten dinner with his/her family if they had one. Your basic alcoholics came out to enjoy the bar stands and drinking establishments that were set up at night. Dancers came to enjoy the exhilarating music that filled the night time air. Even some shinobi came to enjoy the sights and familiar events, such as public gambling circuits, Shinobi Bingo, and the infamous Wheel of Fortune set up by the sound stage.
The "Night Life" also called for a certain breed of work that was not really favored among the citizens during the day time, mostly because of its degrading position and seemingly immoral mannerisms; this breed was the tavern waitress.