Christmas Magic And a Sprinkle of Mischief

Summary: Childhood friends and hidden feelings. Middle school cliques broke them apart. Can senior year at Konoha high bring them back together? Anything can happen during Christmas. AU

A/N: Hello everyone this is my first story so it may not be that good. This was a request by my friend at school. Unfortunetly I may not get this done before Christmas. Don't read if you don't like this pairing!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto. If I did would I still be here?

~First Meeting~

Little five year old Hinata sat on a high stool next to the granite counter. Her little feet swung back and forth. She was humming a lullaby to herself. A small breeze blew from the open window behind her. She sat in a beautifully furnished kitchen with cherry wood cabnits and marble floors. The walls were a pale beige and the highest windows were orangey red stained glass. The huge, glass, sliding doors, opened to a spacious patio overlooking the lake's shore.

"Hinata darling"

Hinata looked up. Her nanny Haruka was waiting by the kitchen doorway. She held Hinata's little button up sweater.

"Let's hurry Hinata-chan. Your father awaits."

Hinata obiediently jumped down from her stool and shuffled toward her nanny. She slipped her arms into the little sweater. She took her nanny's hand and walked toward the office door.

Saskue sat next to his father in the limozine. He had just been picked up from preschool. His father was looking over a report on his company. Saskue's father is the head of Uchiha Electronics. A company with literally tons of money. 'He never talks to me about school' thought Saskue. 'It isn't fair! He always talks to Itachi about grade school!' After a extra long drive the limo finally stopped at the gates of a villa. There stood a towering manchine similar to the one Saskue lived in. 'Hmm did father buy another house?' As if reading his thoughts his father said to him, "Uchiha Electronics will be disscussing matters with Hyuga Compuware." Saskue nodded, his spiky head bobbing up and down. Even though he didn't really understand why there was a need disscuss matters with their rival company.

"I want you to be very polite." said his father

"Of course father." Saskue replied.

When the door opened there stood a very pretty lady with dark brown hair and very pale lavender eyes. She smiled. She had milky white skin. Saskue would've gasped if it weren't for his manners.

"Hello Uchiha-sama." she said to his father. "We have been expecting you, right this way." she said gesturing to a chandelier lit hallway. They walked, passing many tall cherry wood doors. Finally she stopped. At the end of that hallway, there stood towering double mahogany doors. It had golden handles and vines carved into the wood. The young lady opened the door and turned on the light,

"Please make yourself comfortable. Hyuga-sama will join you in a minute."

Saskue looked around the large room. It was very nicely furnished. everthing about this room was elegant and neat. Saskue sat down on one of the black colored couches. He ran his hand over the surface, carefully tracing the small wrinkles. 'Leather.' On the couches were big, soft, pillows with navy blue silk covers. While they waited, Saskue looked around the room. On the wall the wall across from him he saw a portrait of a man with the same eyes as the lady who had let them in. Except there was a totally different atmosphere. This man scared him. There was something unerving about this man. The eyes were not kind like the girl's. They were cold and unforgiving. Saskue shivered. Just looking at this man made him want to bow down and beg for forgiveness even thought he didn't even know what he did wrong. Wanting to forget about the scary man, he scanned the room again. This time his eyes landed on a small photoframe on a small table. Saskue walked over to the photo. There was the same man staring at him. Saskue noticed that this time the man looked kinder and less severe. Almost relaxed. Not quite, but almost. To the man's left there stood a woman. She had glossy indigo hair and was laughing as if she had heard the funniest joke. Saskue smiled. 'Must be his wife.' he thought. She was the kind of person who just made people smile. Not apologize. He looked at the woman again. She had pearly white skin and a hand over her large stomache. It looked like she was pregnet. 'That's nice.' He was about to go and look at the next wall when something caught his eye. He looked at the photo again. There was something behind the woman. 'Is that...' his thought was cut off by the sound of the doors opening.

Hiashi's entrance was quite unexpected. You could tell from the suprised face of a little spiky haired boy and the snap of the man's head. All eyes were on the doorway. Hinata shuffled her feet behind her father. Her hand still intertwined with her nanny's. She was so glad her father was in front of her. He was like a wall protecting her from the staring eyes. She couldn't stand all the attention placed on them. There was silence for a few minutes. No one moved. The only sound was the constant ticking of the clock. Finally what seemed like an eternity, Hinata's father moved forward very slowly. And finally, a small smile spread across his lips.

" Fugaku. Long time no see."

His voice echoed across the room. The man with the brown hair walked forward. He smirked.

"I see you still haven't cut your hair, Hiashi. What would your mother say."

Hinata looked up at her father, scared he would be in rage. Instead he saw his face at ease. As if he had been used to this since forever. Hinata was curious. 'Father is never this at ease.' she thought. She was almost more scared of his relaxed state than she was of his angry state.

"You still love to make people feel miserable don't you."

Fugaku smiled. "It's been a long time since I last teased."

Hiashi raised an eyebrow, "Really. You could've fooled me"

The two men shook hands. Hinata looked in disbelief. 'Father never shakes hands with any people. This man must be very important! I must treat him with respect.' With that, Hinata let go of her nanny's hand and walked up next to her father.

"I-it is a p-pleasure to h-have you in our house s-sir," she stuttered.

Saskue blinked. The man looked like he walked right out of the portrait. One word. Scary. Saskue gulped. No one said anything. He couldn't even hear his own breathing. The man towering above him was menacing. 'Ok mabye I shouldn't have made myself too at home.' The man took a few steps forward. Saskue's heart pounded in his ears. 'I never thought I was gonna die today.' What suprised Saskue was that there was no violence. No throwing of vases like he'd seen on one of his mom's dramas. In fact, they were acting like old buddies. Saskue didn't know whether to be scared or just plain happy. He was still in shock that the atmostphere could go from tension to chaffing. Suddenly out of nowhere a small girl about his age walked up next to the scary man. She curtsied and said to his father, "I-it is a p-pleasure to h-have you in our house s-sir."

Fugaku looked down at the small girl. He smiled.

"Thank you. You must be Hinata."

"Y-yes I a-am s-sir."

"You are five years of age right?"

"Y-yes."

Fugaku smiled down at the timid little girl. "That's great because my son is that age to."

"H-he is?"

"Yes. This is my son Saskue."

Hinata looked at the boy. 'Strange,' she thought. 'I didn't even know he was here.' He was taller than her. But most kids her age were taller than her and she was used to that. He had spiky black hair and pale skin. What intrigued her the most about him was that he had onyx colored eyes. They showed no emotion whatsoever. They were like ice. She gulped. He was intimidating.

"Hello."

She literally jumped. 'He spoke! He spoke to me!' She ran behind her dad even though he told her millions of times, "don't run, it shows fear." She could still feel his steely gaze on her.

"Hinata."

'He said my name!' She slowly peered out from her dad's tea green kimono. He was smirking at her. She shrank out of view again, wishing she had a shell she could disapear into.

"Hinata!" Hiashi snapped.

Hinata cringed. Obviously her father thought she was being rude. So mabye she was. But could you blame her? She took a few deep breaths and straightened out her dress. Finally she stepped out from behind the shield of her father and out into Saskue's veiw.

'Finally! I thought she'd never show her face again.' he thought. He watched her walk out from behind her father, head down and poking her fingers together. 'I wonder why I never saw her before...'

"Hinata!"

Saskue's head snapped up. 'The scary man has a voice to match...'

"Hinata," Hiashi continued. "Why don't you and Saskue go outside and play while his father and I talk?"

To Saskue it sounded more like a demand then a question. He looked over to Hinata. She only nodded. 'I would be obedient too if I had to live with him.'

"Uchiha-san let's go." Hinata said quietly. She pulled on Saskue's sleeve and they left with Hinata's nanny following closely behind.

Hinata took Saskue toward the dining she didn't meet his eyes at all. She was trembling. He felt a little bad fo scaring her back there. He may have even said sorry if it weren't for his pride. When they got to the counter she pulled out a tall stool for him to sit on. He climbed on the chair with ease. Hinata on the other hand didn't. Saskue laughed inwardly. He would never admit it but he found it really cute that she was trying so hard. Finally her nanny, Hakura had to pick her up and place her on the stool. She was very still and silent. She didn't even look at him. It was easier for Saskue to look at her like that anyways. He took in every detail of her. She had a round face with big, innocent, pearly white, eyes. She had pale skin and pale pink lips. She was wearing a baby blue ruffled dress with a ivory button up sweater. The thing he liked most about her was her hair. It was short and neat. She had straight bangs across her forehead and longer strands coming down the sides of her face in a perfect point. The color was a dark violet color. Almost indigo. 'She looks just like the woman from the photo. Well a younger version anyway.' Saskue glanced at her again. She was swinging her legs and humming a soft melody. Saskue recognized it immediatly.

"Catch A Falling Star." he murmured.

Hinata whipped her head around. "E-excuse m-me, but w-what d-did you s-say?"

Saskue turned to look at her. "You know the song you were humming. Catch A falling Star."

Her eyes widened. "H-how d-did you know th-that?"

Saskue smirked. "I know alot of things." he replied smugly.

Hinata just stared at him. "H-how?"

"I'm not gonna tell."

"Oh. O-okay." Hinata said quietly.

Saskue looked over at her. Hinata had lowered her head so her bangs shielded her eyes. She stopped humming and swinging her legs. 'I was just kidding. Why does she have to take things so seriously?' he thought.

"I heard it on the radio." he finally said.

She looked up quickly then lowered her head again. "Oh."

Saskue would never admit it but his mom actually sang that song to him every night. And he really enjoyed it. Sometimes when she would go on a trip, he'd have to play the CD to sing him to sleep. It was never as good as his mother though. His mother could make the devil cry.

"Uchiha-san and Hinata-chan. Your drinks are ready."

Saskue whirled his head around. The lady whom greeted him and his father at the door, was now carrying a silver platter with two glass cups. Inside each glass was a violet liquid. It smelled really nice but if Saskue knew anything, it was: don't judge anything by it's smell. Saskue shuddered as he remembered the first time he took motrin. It smelled great but it tasted billious. Luckily his brother just learned how to perform the heimlich maneuver in health class that day. 'Death by motrin' didn't really appeal to Saskue. The lady placed the two glass cups on the counter. Saskue took another sniff and grimaced. 'The sweeter it smells, the more revolting.'

"What is this?" he demanded.

"It is pomegrante juice." replied the lady as she disapeared into the kitchen.

Saskue eyed the drink suspiciously as if suddenly a snake would pop up and try to constrict him. He turned his head to find Hinata watching him. Onyx eyes met lavender ones. Hinata quickly turned away sipping her drink, face blushing crazily. Saskue turned back to his drink. He took a deep breath getting ready to conquer the it. Slowly, he raised the cup to his lips and took a large gulp.

Hinata watched as Saskue regretfully lifted the glass to his lips. He took a huge gulp, his face turning paler than before. After he swallowed he took huge gulps of air. Hinata watched painfully. Finally she slowly reached over for his glass.

"Y-you don't h-have to d-drink it Uchiha-san." she whispered, feeling his gaze on her her.

"No." he countered. "I like it." he said unconvincingly.

"I-it's o-okay. I'll j-just tell Shina to b-bring s-something els-"

Saskue reached out and stopped her hand. "I like it." he said firmly.

Hinata stared at his hand gripping her wrist. 'He's warm! How could someone so cold be so warm?!' She looked up at him meeting his eyes. Saskue quickly removed his hand from Hinata's and turned away. Hinata also looked away embarassed.

Saskue turned his head, his face hot. He knew it was rude to insist and there he went grabbing Hinata's hand insisting the drink was fine. Wanting to turn the attention away from that very awkward moment, Saskue remembered her mentioning someone named Shina. So with that he tried making a lame conversation about Shina.

"Who's Shina?'

Hinata turned around, her face still quite red. " O-oh. S-she w-was the p-person who b-brought us the drinks. She was a-also the person who let you into the h-house."

Saskue nodded. "Is Shina your sister or something?"

Hinata shook her head. "N-no. She is one o-of our s-servents."

"She is? But she has the same eyes as your father and you." he said, confused.

She nodded. "Yes b-but she still is one o-of our s-servents."

"Ok then." said Saskue clearly intrested. "Who is she?" he asked gesturing toward the woman in the corner, bowing her head.

"Oh she is my nanny, Hakura."

Saskue looked at the nanny. She had light brown hair and when she looked up, Saskue noticed she had the same lavender orbs as everyone he saw on the Hyuga compound so far. She smiled kindly at him, and waved. Saskue blushed and turned around.

"So does every worker here look like you? Or are Shina and Haruka the only ones?"

Hinata blushed. "T-they don't look l-like me." she stammered.

"They have you eyes." he remarked.

Hinata squirmed in her chair and said nothing more. Saskue continued to sip his drink. He realized it didn't taste so bad if you took little sips. Out of the coner of his eye, he contiued to observe Hinata. He was suprized how little someone could move. Hinata sat still as a statue. She stopped humming the song and stopped swinging her legs. 'She is different from the other girls at school.' he thought. 'She doesn't make googly eyes at me.'

"So...do you have any siblings?" asked Saskue striking up a conversation.

Hinata nodded. "Yes. M-my mom is pregnant with her. S-she will be due some time in March."

"Oh."

"Ano.. do y-you have any s-siblings Uchiha-san?" she asked.

Saskue also nodded. "Yeah. I have a big brother. His name is Itachi."

"H-how old is h-he?"

Saskue twitched. "Ok Hinata, if you want me to answer, stop stuttering. It's so annoying!"

Hinata blushed and hid her head. "Sorry Uchiha-san." she said quietly.

"It's ok." said Saskue feeling a little guilty for being so harsh. "But could you please call me Saskue? I hate being called Uchiha-san."

Hinata nodded. "So Uchi- I mean Saskue, um.. how old is your brother?"

"He's ten."

"Oh."

"So.. where do you go to school?"

Hinata shook her head. "I don't go to school. I have a tutor for every subject that comes to my house." She said quietly.

"Oh."

"Where do you go to school?" Hinata asked.

"The Flame Academy."

"Do you have any friends there?"

Saskue looked at her, suprised. 'She was actually starting a conversation.' "Yeah."

"How many?"

"A lot. What about you? Do you have any friends?"

Hinata shook her head. "No. I don't have any."

"Not any." Saskue repeated not believing his ears.

"Not any."

"So do you have a favorite color?" asked Saskue, changing the subject.

"Yes. It's lavender."

He nodded.

"Do you have any favorite colors Saskue?"

"It's navy blue." he said flatly.

"That's nice."

"Do you have a favorite holiday?"

"Yes. It's Christmas." she said softly.

"Mine's New Years."

Hinata cocked her head. "Is New Years even a holiday?" she asked

Saskue nodded. "To me it is. New Years is when finally you can start all over and try new things."

"I see." she said nodding.

They continued to make small talk as the time went by. Saskue found it easier and easier to talk to Hinata. She was slowly opening up to him.

"Uchiha-san, Hinata-chan."

Hinata turned around. Her nanny was holding Saskue's jacket.

"Uchiha-san your father is waiting for you."

Saskue nodded and hopped of the chair. He slipped on his jacket and started walking. He paused and turned around. Hinata was walking behind him. Together they walked toward the front door where Hinata's father and Saskue's father was waiting.

"Well Saskue, did you have a good time?" asked Fugaku.

"Yes father."

"I hope you were polite to our guest." Hiashi said to Hinata.

Hinata nodded.

"Well Fugaku. I will see you next time." Hinata's father said to Saskue's. 'There will be a next time?" Hinata's heart pounded with excitement. She watched as the two men shook hands. 'I'm glad father is friends with this man.' she thought. She looked at Saskue. He was watching her. She smiled and to her suprise, he smiled back.

"Goodbye Saskue." she said shyly.

"Bye."

Saskue and his father stepped out the door into the autum night. He waved to her and she waved back. She kept waving as they stepped into their limo. Even when they drove off into the night. When the doors closed, her nanny told her it was time for bed. After Hinata brushed her teeth, washed her face, and bid goodnight to her parents, she layed awake in her large bed. She stared at the stars through her double glass ceiling, thinking about all the events that happened that day. She smiled to herself and closed her eyes. 'Next time then.'

A/N: As you can see this first chapter is in the past when they first meet. The next chapter will show how they drifted apart. Please forgive me for my grammer mistakes. Please review! Also tell me things I need to work on. I will try and post the next two or three chapters before Christmas, which seems highly unlikely. But I'll still try! See you later! ;)

~VeronicaShields~