Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Christmas Is A Complete Waste Of Time: A Yu-Gi-Oh Christmas Carol ❯ Chirstmas: NOT A Complete Waste of Time ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter 6: Christmas: NOT A Complete Waste of Time.

Kaiba placed on his Purple Trench Coat as he smiled.  He had gotten a chance to change his future to a more favorable one, more importantly to right the wrongs that he had committed.  As he stepped out from his room, he saw one of his servants: Yumi.

He glared, "What are you doing here?"

Yumi trembled, "I…I was just about to do the laundry Mr. Kaiba!"

"Why?" His glare became more menacing.

"I…I was just-"

"Why are you doing laundry…" His glare then became a cherry smile, "When you should be spending Christmas with your family?"

Yumi blinked.  Was this really Seto Kaiba?  The same Kaiba who has always detested Christmas?  "Mr. Kaiba…I don't understand…"

Kaiba placed an arm around Yumi's shoulder.  "Listen Yumi…last night, I had a wake-up call. A wake-up call that made me realized all these years that I've been blinded by everything that was going on!  Now I just wanted to remedy the things that I've done."

"Umm…Okay Mr. Kaiba.  So am I off duty?"

"Not quite." Kaiba said as he grabbed his wallet from his pocket.  "I want you to go to the store and buy every gift basket as you can.  That's just the start of what I'm getting my employees.  And have this message be attached to all of them: 'Kaiba Corp is going on vacation, meaning you have until January to have time off!'"

Yumi nodded, "Yes sir…Right away sir!"

At the hospital, Yugi, Tea, Tristan, and Rebecca walked in to Serenity's room to see that Serenity was still asleep, and Joey was asleep in the chair he was sat as he watched over her."

"You were right, Tea.  He was here all night…" Rebecca sighed as Joey began to stir.

Tea was the first one to greet him.  "Merry Christmas, Joey!"  She smiled as the blonde smiled back.

"Hey you guys!" he replied.

"How is she?" Tristan asked.

"Last I checked, she appeared to be getting better…" He explained.  "She still hasn't made a sound…"

"Poor Serenity…" Yugi sighed.

"If Kaiba were here, I'd-"

Tristan was cut off by Tea.  "No Tristan.  More violence wouldn't solve anything."

"She's right, man…" Joey sighed.  "It's me an' Kaiba fighting that caused her to get hurt in the first place.  Now I'm gonna stop fighting!  From now on, I'm only going to fight if I have to!" At that moment, a nurse walked up to the group.

"Excuse me, Mr. Wheeler?" She asked.

"Yeah?"  Joey looked up.

"Someone left a note for you…" The nurse informed as she gave the note to the Blonde.

"Wonder who it's from…" Joey took a look at the note, as well as everyone else, as it said…

Wheeler.

I've covered all the costs of your sister's medical bills, so don't say that I never did anything out of the kindness of my heart.

Joey scoffed, "Heart? Yeah right…"

"Joey, just read the rest of it!" Tea said annoyed.  She, for one felt that Joey's vow not to fight wasn't going to last very long, due to his temper.

"A'right a'right….get off my back, okay!" Joey sighed as he read the rest of the note.

Let's get one thing straight, you don't like me, I don't like you.  But maybe we can work on at least tolerating each other.  Damn it, we can't keep going at each others throats.  I'm getting tired of dropping you on your ass!

"Droppin' me? Why that-"

"Joey!"

"Sorry…"

Why don't we talk it over at my mansion later today at 5 PM.  We're going to have a big dinner and I happen to know about you and dinner.  I hope you don't make an ass of yourself there.  And bring the rest of your friends.  Don't make me regret this.

Kaiba.

P.S.  Merry Christmas.

"Well…I don't see why we shouldn't give it a try…" Yugi suggested. Always him being the optimistic one when it comes to things!

"I guess we could give it a try…" Rebecca shrugged.

"Maybe Kaiba's really coming around!" Tea smiled.

"I dunno…" Tristan was still skeptical about Kaiba's change of heart.  "But we could give it shot.  I mean, If he can actually say "Merry Christmas," how bad could it be?  How about you, Joey?" He asked his blonde friend, but there was no response.  "Hello!"  Joey's attention was to the bed, as a hand began to move…

The black limo pulled up to small house, the same small house he saw before.  Kaiba stepped out of the limo as he walked up to the front door.  Next, he pressed a white button near the doorknob, ringing the doorbell as Kaiba straighten out his trench coat.

"I'll get it!" A child's voice said.

"Don't worry Sakura, I' got it!" A voice said as the door then opened, with Kaiba giving a small smile.

"Seto?" Mokuba's eyes blinked in shock.

"That's right Mokuba!  I decided to come, isn't that what you've wanted?"

"Yeah…but…it's early in the morning."

"As they say, 'the early bird catches the early worm!'" He smiled.  "So, where's this sister of your friends that really wanted to meet me!"

Mokuba blinked as he then grew a huge smile.  "Oh Seto, you're really gonna want to meet her!  And when you do, you're gonna be glad that you came here today!"

"Really…"

"Yeah Seto!  We were just having breakfast!  Come join us…that is, if it's okay with Sakura and her family…" Mokuba looked at the green-haired girl.

"Of course!" She smiled.  "The more the merrier!"

Kaiba walked in as he then turned to his younger brother.  "By the way Mokuba, we're going to have Yugi and his friends over for Christmas Dinner."

This was the second time Mokuba was surprised.  "Really Seto?  You're not kidding?"

"I don't  kid…" Kaiba stated.

"Wow Seto…so you're finally coming around about Yugi and his friends?"

"I'm trying…" Is all he said as they then walked into the dining room!  Kaiba saw George, Akio, and Sakura, but they weren't the reason why Kaiba had a shock expression on his face.

Mokuba noticed his brother's speechless expression.  "Seto?"

He looked towards his younger brother.  "Mokuba…you didn't' tell me that she would be here!"

Kisara looked towards Sakura.  "You didn't tell me that he would be here!"

"I didn't know that he'd actually show up, sis!" The green haired child replied, then looked around.  "I'll be right back.  I have to clean my room."

"I'll help!" Mokuba offered.

"Us too!" Akio and George followed.  Leaving Kaiba alone with the girl who he pushed away years ago…

"Kisara…"

"Kaiba…" Her tone wasn't filled with enthusiasm at all.  Apparently she wanted nothing to do with the CEO and former friend.

"So…how are you?"

"Great great…how about your company?  You know, the one thing you picked over your friends."

"It's going well…" Kaiba sighed.

"So…you came for your brother, right?"

"Not really…Mokuba wanted me to spend Christmas with him, so here I am?"

Kisara sighed, "Why couldn't he had gone home for that…" She muttered to herself, but Kaiba overheard.

Kaiba was begging to get annoyed by the girl's attitude.  "Okay, what is your problem!"

"You!  You're my problem Seto Kaiba!  You come over here, and you expect things to become peachy between us!  As if what happened years ago never happened?  As if the way you treated me never happened?"

"Kisara, just listen…please!  Last night, I had something that changed my life.  I had something that opened my eyes, and shown me how I was hurting everyone, including Mokuba and you.  And that something gave me a second chance."

"Well you're a few years too late, Seto!  Because if you even want me to think about ever forgiving you, you have a lot of making up to do." Kisara said as she began to walk away.

"Wait!" Kaiba called out to the blue-haired girl, but she didn't listen.  "Why don't you and Sakura come over to my mansion for Christmas dinner?"

Kisara stopped.  "Are you trying to buy me over?" She asked.

"No!  Just an innocent Christmas dinner!  Mokuba would be happy if you-"

Kisara laughed, "Now you want me to be around Mokuba?  Now that it's under your convenience? Look Mr. Kaiba.  As much as I like to talk to Mokuba again, I have a few things that I'd rather do than to be on the same planet as you!  To me, you're a complete waste of bones and organs, so thanks but not thanks."

Kaiba felt as if someone had ripped his heart out and stomp on it with a football cleat, after hearing his own words used against him, as he watch the love of his life walk out of his life…again! 'I should've known that it wasn't going to be easy…'  With a sigh, he decided to leave.  Not wanting to stay at the same place where his heart was broken…

…

It was now 5 O'clock as Kaiba looked over at the Christmas feast. The feast that was prepared was Yumi's final task before she left for the holidays.  His guests should've been arriving any minute.  He knew that Yugi and co. were coming, but right now there was only one person who he really wanted to come over, but he knew that she wasn't coming.  Who would want to come over to the house of the person who broke your heart in the cruelest way possible?  He sighed, "Damn you, Gozaburo… Damn you for ruining my life!"

Kaiba then heard the doorbell as he walked over to the door.  "Maybe she changed her mind" He hoped as he went to open the door.  Unfortunately, it wasn't her…but them…"

"Hey Kaiba!" Yugi greeted as he and his friends stood outside the door, dressed in their winter clothes.

Tea noticed Kaiba's sad expression.  "Is something wrong?"

"No…nothing's wrong…" Kaiba shook his head as he stepped aside as his guests for the night walked in.  All of them…except one…

Joey looked down, he appeared to be in a deep thought.  Much to Kaiba's shock as he didn't think that he actually think at all!

"What's wrong, Wheeler?" He asked.

"I'm just wondering if you're for real." The blonde said.  "That this isn't at trick."

Kaiba sighed at the Blonde's untrusting nature, but then again, it shouldn't come as a surprise as if it was the other way around, he'd be acting the same way. "Look Wheeler, for one, I wouldn't waste my time with jokes.  And two, I'm trying to be nice to you and your friends."

Joey sighed, "Okay, I'll trust ya.  But you're gonna have to make room for one more of us!" He informed.

"Who else did you bring with you!" Kaiba asked as his question was then answered.  She wore a pink overcoat and snow boots over white jeans, save for her pink wool hat.

"Joey told me about what you did.  That was really nice of you!" Serenity said.

"Don't mention it…" Kaiba said.  "So how are you feeling?"

"I'm feeling great!" The auburn-haired girl chirped, but her brother placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Easy Sis, remember what the Doc said!"

"I know, but that doesn't mean that I can't still be happy!  It is Christmas after all!"

"Alright…" Joey nodded as the siblings walked inside, but not before the elder one gave a glance at Kaiba.  "But one dog joke, and I'm outta here!"

Kaiba smirked, "Believe me Wheeler, you'll have nothing to worry about."  He said before closing the door, now going back to his semi-depressed state.  While having some friends over was somewhat of a relief, they still couldn't compare to what it'd be like if Kisara came over.

The door opened again, this time, he didn't open it.  "Must be Mokuba…" Kaiba figured as Mokuba did indeed walk inside, but with Sakura.  Was she now his girlfriend or something? But Kaiba discarded that thought.  Mokuba's way too young to even think about girls like that, right?  Right?"

"Hey Seto!" Mokuba greeted the elder Kaiba.

"Hi!" Sakura smiled at the CEO.

Kaiba smiled, "Dinner's already on the table.  I suggest you get some before Wheeler and Taylor eat all the food."

This made the two kids rush off to the dining where voices could be heard.

"Hey Joey, lay off the drumstick!"

"You lay off the wing, Tristan!"

"Why don't you both lay off the turkey and save some for he rest of us!"

"Oh c'mon Tea, there's like five turkeys on the table!"

"Then why are you fighting for it on this one!"

"It's the principal of the whole thing…now let go of the drumstick Wheeler!"

"Fuck you, Taylor. This one's mine!"

Kaiba snickered, only those two could fight about food like that.  Hopefully they won't ruin the house." It was then when he heard a doorbell at the house. "Who could that be?" He wondered as he opened the door.  Much to his shock… "Y…you came!"

Kisara gave a slight smile at the CEO's shock.  "Mokuba talked me into coming.  You're lucky to have a brother who's so kind.  Maybe you can learn a thing or two from him."  She walked inside as she took off her coat.

"Does that mean that you forgive me?" Kaiba asked, even though he pretty much knew the answer from Kisara's glare.  But hey, you can't blame a man for trying.

Kisara's glare soon changed into a sigh, "I fell in love with you, Seto, at the orphanage.  I loathe, despise, and flat out hate the ground you walk on and curse the air you breathe, Kaiba.  But I'll try to respect and maybe get along with you.  And then, who knows, maybe I'll care about you once more, Seto Kaiba." She said as she went to the dining room, where everyone else was.  Kaiba, meanwhile, formed a small smile on his face.

"At least it's a start…" He said to himself, as he was the last one to join them at the dining room.

"Hey there!  I'm Tristan, what's your name!"

"I'm Kisara!"

"Tristan, don't ya already have someone to fond over, namely, my Sista?"

"I'm just being friendly Joey, that's all!"

"Yeah, Big Brother!  Tristan wouldn't cheat on me!"

"I gues-HEY!  What do ya mean you wouldn't cheat on her?  Have you been dating without me knowin?'"

"Well…"

"Umm…"

And that, my friends is the end of the story.  Now for some news.  For the next week or so, I'll be out of town (against my will, mind you.)  But since I'm taking my laptop, I'll try to get as much work done as possible.  Merry Christmas to all of my reviewers, and everyone else on Fanfiction.net and Mediaminer.org.  I'll probably see you all in the New Year, depending on how long my vacation is.