Another one try at a story… ''' note I am starting school, so don't expect me to update often, I will try to make the chapters long though, and have it a chapter every two weeks at the least.
I do not own Naruto.
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
Change of POV
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"Come on Tenten! Just admit that you're scared and can't go through with it!" Yelled a stunning blonde to a girl who was standing, shaking, in front of the statue of a grieving angel, which the town nicknamed 'Black Aggie'. The girl, Tenten, shook her head, her hair which was normally tied up into two buns swished about her face in the October wind.
"Then do it! We only have a few minutes to midnight, and when that comes, your time is up!" Screeched a girl with pink hair, who was standing next to the blonde and was equally as beautiful. "Didn't you always say you were the bravest girl in the town?" Both girls started to laugh cruelly.
Tenten took a shuddered breath and mentally shook herself. 'Come on Tenten; don't let these bitches get the better of you!' Tenten raised her foot and took a step forward, but quickly retreated. Even though she was two feet from the figure, the angel's face was concealed by shadows. Instinct told Tenten to run and hide in the covers of her bed, but pride, which she was hurting just by standing still, kept her there.
"Come on, Sakura, she isn't going to do it." Said the blonde to her partner. Sakura shrugged, "yea, odds are we will stand out here all night before she even gets closer to Aggie…" Sakura turned away from Tenten and the statue. "You're boring us Tenten! Ino and I are leaving!" Ino quickly followed Sakura.
Fright engulfed Tenten, and she quickly turned to the two. "N-no! Wait up, guy-"Tenten was cut off by something grabbing and her scarf. She yanked at it, but it was only pulled back. Tears streaming down her face, Tenten slowly turned to the angel. To her immense relief, she saw that her scarf had only gotten caught on one of the wings, probably blown by the fall wind.
Swallowing her fear, Tenten walked up to the angel and started to unravel the scarf. Finally getting it undone, Tenten sighed when she saw that the scarf had a hole in it.
"Are you coming or are you going to stand there like an idiot?"
Tenten jumped at the sudden noise and turned away from the angel to see Sakura and Ino waiting for her at the graveyard's gates. She glanced once more at Aggie, and then turned to her 'friends'. As she walked towards the two, Sakura laughed. "Guess you didn't have the guts."
Tenten glared at the girl, checking her watch. 40 seconds to midnight.
Ino joined in. "I believe your no longer the bravest girl in town, sakura and I both able to sit in Aggie's lap at midnight." She smirked. "So now you have to hold up your end of the bargain, break up with Neji so I can go out with him."
Tenten thought about how she would have to break the news to Neji, and blinked back tears as she glanced at her watch again. 31 seconds. 'There's still time and Neji doesn't have to know about my gamble…' Turning on her heel, Tenten ran back to the angle, which was being shadowed by the full moon behind it. Fear covered Tenten's thoughts, but she pushed past it, her pride and love for Neji taking over her actions.
Both Ino and Sakura were startled by Tenten's quick departure, but then they started to cheer. "Yeah, Tenten! Go for it! WOO!" They both chorused.
Tenten grinned, her courage strengthening with their cheers. She ran up to the angel and, pushing any doubt from her mind, sat down in its lap. The clock stroke twelve and the loud gong-like sound echoed through the night.
"WOO YOU DID IT TENTEN!!" Sakura jumped up and down. Ino clapped, "YOU REALLY ARE THE BRAVEST GIRL IN KONOHA! GOOO TENTE- AHHH! MY HAIR!!"
The light October breeze had suddenly become a powerful wind, blowing leaves and dirt through and out the graveyard, temporarily blinding the two girls at the gate. Pulling a leaves and small twigs from their hair, they looked up to Tenten just as the last toll of the bell rang out, and to their horror saw that she was no longer there. All that was left was her scarf, being held tightly in the hand of the angel…
Hinata set down the box she was carrying and wiped some sweat off her brow. Nobody had turned on the AC or heating system in the house yet, so the sunlight had turned it into an oversized oven. Damn not closing the shutters. Hinata picked up the box again and walked slowly up the wooden stairs to her room. It was in the back of the house, and its wide window looked into her backyard and into the woods which was the border to one of the sides of her neighborhood and the town.
Setting down the box at the foot of her bed, Hinata looked out the window. The autumn wind blew red and gold leaves around in twisting patterns. Hinata hated moving, leaving all her friends behind to go to a new town, a new house, a 'new adventure' as her mom put it. but none of that was true. The town was over 200 years old, and judging the houses architecture, it was working on its first century. Nothing was 'new' about moving to Konoha.
Frustrated with life, Hinata kicked one of the many boxes that scattered her floor, but quickly regretted doing so, having forgotten she took her shoes off at the door.
"sh…owowow…" Hinata rubbed her toes, and glared at the box. Checking to make sure nothing inside was breakable, she took better consideration and kicked it again, sending it sliding across the wooden floor. "Stupid box…"
Hinata looked out the window, glad that the sun wasn't on her side of the house, or her room would be unbearable right now, even though the heat at the moment was working on her nerves. Hinata walked to the window and opened it, hoping to get some of the October wind to cool her off. Imedeatly, a gust of wind blew through the window, making her long raven hair dance around her face, her pale almost white eyes reflecting the colors of the leaves outside.
Hinata breathed in the smell of the leaves and wind. Fall, wait, no fall… no… Halloween, was definetly her favorite time of year. So it was only natural she could wait for the week to end and Saturday to come.