Happy Haloween!

(A day late)

Ah! Can you smell the pumpkings in the air? Can you see little kids running in scary and weird costumes around? Don't you want to run over them with your car ((just a little))?

Yes, folks!

Haloween is in the air!

And you might wonder (or not) what did this random person do in Haloween? Well, I watched a creepy movie, my friends got into a car crash ((thank god they're fine)) and I made Ztoopeedly weird movies with my friend, until my mom remembered that it's a school night and it was over midnight, so she got into her car, drove across town to pick me up...

Who doesn't love Halloween?

Well, in my festive spirit, I decided to write another one-shot! You wanna hear the cool part?

I'm lying!

Not the whole Halloween thingy, but the story thingy. I opened my email and say a review alert, and I want to absolutely that the two people kind enough to tell me that I don't suck!

Maripas, and karelei fury

This one goes to you two...

For variations, this is a NaruHina

All Hallow's Eve

Hinata sighed and stared at the leaves falling in the pinkish sky. Sunset is always beautiful.This is her favorite spot to relax. Quiet. Secret. Lonely. She loves coming to this place and sleep a little under the tree's shade.

So beautiful. So happy.

Well, I don't think that right now, 'Happy' is the right word...

Right now, she wasn't there to relax, but more likely to hide. She always hides in this date.

October 31st.

Everybody at Konoha was running around, preparing for the night.

All Hallows Eve.

It's a tradition to Celebrate that day. A huge carnival, everybody going out well dressed, waiting for the 'parade'.

Please, do not confuse this with our Halloween. Over there, kids don't run around asking for candy, throwung eggs at people or houses, and people don't wear costumes, watch scary movies and scare the crap out of their friends.

In fire Country, thing are slightly more... traditional, except that some kids actually go and play trick or treat. The reason for this, is that there's this very famous book ((NOT Icha Icha)) for children, in which the characters go trick-or-treating. Everybody knows the story, everybody loves it..

Hallow's Eve is the day in which they pay their respects for the deceased. They do a rememberance to all the ones fallen in battle, and also those who died by attacks, or even if it was just a disease. All dead are honored. Every family cooperates.

The Hyuugas aren't the exception. Of course they have their deceased. Top two on the list; Hinata's mother and Neji's father.

Is this the thing that bothers Hinata so much? Yep.

Why?

As we know, Hizashi Hyuuga died saving his brother, who killed a man from the country of lightning for trying to kidnap Hinata. The poor girl still blames herself for that. If she'd been stronger...

But that's only part of the reason why she is in such a depressing mood.

Hinata sighed one more time, and then she heard the leaves ruffle. She shot her head back quickly, drawing a kunai out of her pocket. In the blink of an eye, she was ready in a fighting stance, her senses completely acute, ready to fight.

"Hina-chan? What are you doing here?"

Hinata's muscles relaxed, as she saw Naruto emerge from the area of the noise.

"Oh...H-hi, Naruto-kun." She said, slightly blushed. "I-I was just resting..."

"Hina-chan, I know you...Is something wrong?" He asked, walking towards her with a concerned face.

"N-No, nothing... I was just..." She looked up and read in Naruto's face that he wasn't believing a thing. "Ok, it's just that I dont really like this date... That's all."

"Why not? Hey! I know! Lets go trick-or-treating!"

"N-No, Naruto, I'm fine.."

Naruto sensed the sadness in her voice. He leaned on the tree that shaded her and sat down next to her.

"Hina-chan, I'm your friend, could you please tell me what's wrong?" Naruto asked, Hinata noticed his concern, and sighed in defeat.

"You see, Naruto-kun, my mother died a few years ago." She started.

"I'm sorry..." He said. Hinata shook her head as a gesture to let him know that it's ok.

"It's ok, Naruto. The thing is... This is the aniversary of her death. And what's worse... It's my fault."

"Hinata, don't say that!"

"It was, Naruto. I was too weak.."

Flashback

Hinata runs around in a flower field, laughing. A Beautiful woman with long and straight navy-blue hair and pearly eyes smiles while watching her play.

"Kaa-san! Come here! Look! These are beautiful!"

"They are, Hina-chan. They certainly are..." The woman said, a beautiful smile adorning her lips.

Hinata smiles and closes her eyes lightly. She loves her mother over everything.She was the best part of the Hyuuga clan, so to speak.

"Hina-chan, remember that it's All Hallow's Eve, so we need to head home soon to make the preparations."

"Hai, Kaa-san!" She responds her mother and runs off to pick a few more flowers to hand to her mother.

Hinata stops dead on hr tracks as she hears a scream. She shoots her head back, just to see a man holding a kunai to her mother's throat. Hi looks at the child with murder eyes and smiles evilly.

"Huh, You're from the Hyuuga Clan, aren't you?" Hinata froze on the spot. She tries to run to the man, but she's inmobilized by her fears, and seems to be blinded by tears.

"Hinata, RUN!" Her mother cries, and Hinata's legs just move on her own, away from the evil man. She doesn't look back, but she knows what happens next.

"Apparently, the man was from the lightning country, and wanted revenge on what happened to his boss...I should've saved her." Her eyes were welling up with tears at the memory. "If I hadn't been so weak, she'd still be here..."

"Hina-chan... It's not your fault. Don't blame yourself." Naruto told her. He wrapped his arm around her.

It was getting dark. They had both been there for a while already. All that could be heard, were the crickets and the distant sound of the slow music played in town, and all that could be seen, were the moon, the stars, and the bright town lights, which illuminate the path of the mourning.

"You know what else?" She broke the silence. "I don't remember her face... does that make me a bad person?"

"Of course not, Hinata! Don't ever say that! You are not a bad person. You are the most caring, sweet, and good person I've met." He told her, looking straight in her eyes.

Hinata let out a small smile. Naruto is a wonderful person.

"You know, this date isn't bad. I know that it has bad memories...trust me, I do." He said.

Hinata felt bad for a moment, Naruto had had his share of suffering, she didn't need to burden him with hers.

He resumed speaking. "You need to try and bring good memories to the day."

Hinata looked back at him, confused.

"For example, I still remember one of my worst days...A few years ago. Everybody seemed to want to make my life hell...And then I lost someone close to me."

Hinata remained silent.

"The next year, I was really down by that date, I was flooded by bad memories...but something came, replacing them all."

"What was it?"

"That day, was the first day at the academy. It was the first day in which I met my friends and people treated me as a person, and the first time I saw you..."

Hinata immediately blushed. She sank in in what he was saying. He's probably right...She didn't have to froget her mother... She could just... remember this day by its better memories...

"Naruto-kun.."

"Yes, Hina-chan?"

"Thanks you..." She said with a smile.

"No problem! Now come on! I'll show you how cool this day is!" He said enthusiastically. "but first... Trick-or treat?"

"Umm... Treat?" She said, slightly confused.

Naruto smiled. Hinata's confused face was wiped from her face and replaced with one of surprise as he pressed his lips on hers.

Naruto retreated slowly as Hinata flashed a beautiful smile. They walked slowly towards the town, went to the flower shop and bought flowers to take them to her family's grave. Naruto stood by her the whole time. Hinata smiled.

This definately goes to the memory box...

There you go!

The second one-shot!

I didn't really like how it came out... what do you think?

Btw, only someone who is obsessed with evanescense and is ztoopeedly sharp would have realized that in the flashback, when it read "she's inmobilized by her fears, and seems to be blinded by tears." that's a part of the song "whisper" by Evanescense.

Lol!

I luv Evanescense!