Trick Or Treat!

"Hey, minna-san! What have you got planned for this weekend?" Yaya said as the Guardians wrapped up their meeting.

"Nothing much. What's happening this weekend anyway?" asked Kairi as he tidied a few folders on the table.

"Oh yeah! It's Halloween this weekend, right Yaya-senpai?" Rikka asked excitedly as she slung her schoolbag over her shoulder.

"And what's so special about that?" Hikaru asked as he finished putting his things into his bag and closed it.

"Well, Yaya's going trick-or-treating this weekend! In fact, Yaya's going to buy a costume now! Who wants to come along?"

"Ooh, me! I also want to go buy a costume too!" Rikka said in the same excited tone she used earlier.

Hikaru just shrugged. "Well, I'll ask my driver to pick me up later."

"Okay! Then it's settled!" Suddenly Yaya noticed that Kairi hadn't said anything about coming with them.

"Ne, iinchou! Aren't you going to buy a costume too?"

"I have better things to do than go trick-or-treating, Ace. Besides, it's something only little kids do," Kairi explained as he pushed up his glasses.

"Oh man, that's so boring! Why don't you come with us? It'll be fun!" Suddenly a bright idea flashed across Yaya's mind.

"Since most of us are going, Yaya hereby declares that the Guardians' next objective will be to go buy Halloween costumes! And since Yaya's the eldest, what Yaya says goes!" She shot a sideward glance at the Jack's Chair. "You have no protests, right iinchou?"

Kairi sighed. "Fine, I'll go."

Later…

"Well here we are, minna-san! This is where Yaya gets her Halloween costumes every year!" They were standing in front of a store with Halloween decorations plastered across its windows and a grinning jack-o-lantern sign with the words 'Welcome to Party Place!' on it.

Kairi stared at the sign. "A store selling party supplies?"

"Yep! It sells costumes too during Halloween, and they're the best around here!"

"Well then let's go!" Rikka cried excitedly as she dragged Hikaru with her into the store. Yaya followed her in, leaving Kairi standing alone outside.

He shrugged. "Well, it won't do any harm to just look around." Then he also went in.

In the store…

"Ne, Rikka-chan! Look at this angel costume, it's so cute!" Yaya said as she pointed to a costume on the rack.

Rikka stepped forward to take a closer look. "Wow, Yaya-senpai! You're right, it's totally cute! Hey, why don't you try it on?"

"Okay!" A few minutes later Yaya emerged from the dressing room wearing a white frock with a pink bow on the collar and little pink bows around the sleeves and hemline. On the back were two white wings with a bit of glitter sprinkled on them. The whole thing really did suit her.

"Wow, Yaya-senpai! You look so adorable!"

"Really? You think so? Then Yaya will have this costume!" Just then, Yaya noticed something from the corner of her eye.

"Look, Hikaru-kun! Yaya just found a perfect costume for you!" And she whipped out a wizard's costume with crescents and stars drawn all over it with glitter paint from the rack.

A few minutes later Hikaru was standing before his senpais while wearing the costume. "It looks great on you, Hikaru-kun! You should buy it!"

"I didn't bring any money with me," Hikaru said calmly.

"Oh, that's okay. Yaya will pay for both of your costumes since you're younger. Hey, Rikka-chan, have you found your costume yet?"

"Yes, Yaya-senpai!" Rikka held out a witch's robe and a pointy hat.

"Hey, it really matches Hikaru-kun's costume! The two of you will look so cute together!" Suddenly , Yaya realized that someone hadn't picked his costume yet."

"Ne, iinchou, what are you gonna buy for your costume?"

Kairi shrugged. "I don't know. I haven't seen anything I'd like to buy."

"Hey, that's not fair! You can't be the only one who doesn't have a costume!" Yaya protested.

"Maybe I'll just wear a cape and pretend to be a superhero." Of course, he wasn't actually going to do that. The idea might work if he was just eight, but he was now in the fifth grade, and doing that would be a huge embarrassment.

"Alright, suit yourself." Then Yaya led the two younger Guardians to the counter to pay for their costumes.

Kairi was just about to follow her when he noticed something hanging in a corner of the store. He stopped, then turned around and took the costume off the rack.

Later, Yaya and the others were about to leave the store when Kairi came running up to them. "Sorry to make you wait, minna-san!"

Yaya noticed that he was holding a shopping bag from the store. "Eh, iinchou, you finally found the costume you wanted? What is it?"

Kairi just smiled mysteriously. "It's a surprise."

That night, Yaya and the two other Guardians stood on the porch of her house waiting for Kairi to arrive. Finally Yaya gave up. "Maybe Kairi-kun didn't want to come after all. Come on, let's go!"

They had just stepped onto the sidewalk when a dark shadow jumped out in front of them. The shadow lifted his head, and Yaya saw who it was.

"Kairi-kun! You're dressed as a ninja? And where are your glasses?"

"I used contacts," Kairi explained as he walked alongside them.

"Well, since you're late, I'll have to run through the plan with you." Yaya then produced a piece of paper out of nowhere.

"There's a plan?" Kairi was amazed that such a trivial thing as trick-or-treating needed a step-by-step plan.

"Of course!" Yaya pointed to the piece of paper, which showed a map of the surrounding neighbourhood.

"You and Hikaru-kun will take the two streets to the east, while Rikka-chan and I will take the two streets to the west. We'll meet back here at my house in an hour. Got it?"

"Yes." Kairi was rather surprised that Yaya was able to plan out their route with such detail.

"Alright then. Let's go Rikka-chan!" And the little witch and not-so-little angel ran off, leaving their fellow Guardians standing alone under a streetlamp.

Kairi shrugged, then took Hikaru's hand. "Come on then, Hikaru-dono."

An hour later, they met in front of Yaya's house again. Rikka proudly showed them her bulging bag. "Yaya-senpai and I got a lot of candy!"

Hikaru showed them his own bag, which was bigger than Rikka's. "We got some candy too."

Rikka's eyes widened at the sight of the bag. "Wow! People must really like little wizards."

As Rikka and Hikaru went into the house to count their candy, Kairi turned to Yaya. "Why did you let them come back first?"

"Because they're little kids. They can't stay outside for too long," Yaya explained.

"Oh." Kairi smiled at her thoughtfulness. "You really did think of everything, Ace."

Yaya blushed slightly at his compliment. "Oh, it's nothing. Back where I was their age Kukai-senpai and the other Guardians always told me that when we went trick-or-treating together and I had to head home first. Now that I'm the eldest here, I thought I should do the same."

Kairi didn't say anything, but just continued to stare at her, thinking how much she had matured from the first time he met her.

Yaya immediately felt a bit uncomfortable. "So then… let's go hit a few more houses before calling it quits!" And she took off again, pulling Kairi with her.

As they walked down the empty street Kairi noticed how quiet it was. It was a bit eerie, what with it being so late and all. Apparently Yaya noticed it too, for she squeezed his hand tighter.

Suddenly an owl hooted and Yaya jumped at the sound. She held Kairi's hand even tighter, while saying in a voice that was hardly more than a whisper, "I think we'd better go home now, Kairi-kun."

Just then the bushes beside them rustled violently. Yaya gave a squeal of fright and put both her arms around Kairi. He held her tight while chara-changing automatically and pointing his wooden katana at the rustling bushes.

The bushes rustled even more, and suddenly from among them poked out… a camera? It was immediately followed by Kukai's laughing face. "Oh my goodness, you should have seen yourselves! It was so cute!"

Both the angel and the ninja were annoyed. "Ne, Kukai-senpai, you're so mean!"

Kukai laughed even more. "Okay, okay, I won't disturb you guys any more. Have a good evening!" he called as he set off down the road.

Kairi slowly let go of Yaya. "Let's go home, Yaya."

"Okay." As they walked together toward her house she didn't say anything, but inside she had a funny feeling. He didn't call me Ace. Or Yaya-senpai. He just called me… Yaya.

The next day two envelopes appeared on the table in the Royal Garden mysteriously. "Hey, what's this?" Yaya asked as she held one of them out to Kairi, who was the only other Guardian to have arrived.

Kairi took the envelope from her, then read the writing on the top. "It says 'To the new couple of the Royal Garden'." His face immediately turned a bright shade of red, as did Yaya's.

"What's going on?" called a voice from the other end of the Royal Garden, and Kairi quickly put the envelope into his pocket.

"Oh, nothing. Nothing at all, Hikaru-dono."

That afternoon after school, Kairi sat on his bed smiling at the photo in his hand. Just then his cellphone rang.

"Hello, Yaya?"

"Hey, Kairi-kun, have you seen what was in your envelope?"

"Yes."

"So, erm… what do you think of it?"

He smiled again. "I think it's fine."

"Really? You're not mad or anything?"

"No."

"Oh… okay." Then there was a silence on the other end of the line.

"Yaya?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for taking me with you to go trick-or-treating last night. I really enjoyed it."

Yaya blushed as she sat on her bed, holding the receiver of the phone tightly in her hand. "Oh, well… you're welcome, Kairi-kun."

"Would you like to get together again sometime and do, em, something together?"

She blushed even more, but then smiled. "I'll love to. I hang to hang up now. Bye."

"Bye." He heard a click on the other end, then also hung up. At that moment, his sister knocked on his door.

"Come in."

"I'm going out now. You stay home and don't get in trouble, okay?" Just then she noticed something odd about her little brother. "Hey, why are you grinning like that?"

"Oh, for no particular reason. Just thinking about trick-or-treating." She was a bit confused, but didn't ask any further.

After his sister had left he took out the photo and looked at it again. In it he was holding her tightly against himself while pointing a wooden katana at the camera. He put it away, knowing that he would treasure it for ever, and also that a note of thanks to Kukai was in order.

Yay, it's my first Shugo Chara fanfic! I wanted to do a few short stories about how every couple celebrates Halloween, and I've finally finished the first one. I did Kaiya first because it was the first one I thought of and also because I'm a big fan of it (it's just so cute!). The other stories will be posted soon and I hope to finish this by next week. Don't forget to review and tell me what you think of it!

Disclaimer: Carrot-Bunny does not own Shugo Chara! or any of its characters, but wishes she did.