What is going on you guys? It is I, The MAN WITH IMAGINATION (echos)! Did you all miss me?! Because I missed you guys too. I am back to making new stories. Even tho I was busy with another story, but still. Here comes the inspiration of "A Christmas Carol" and I hope you like it. It'll be done before Christmas. I can tell you that for sure! Enjoy!
DISCLAIMER!
I OWN NOTHING! I only own the OC's in the Story!
Once on a cold winter day, it was Christmas Eve and everyone all over Domino City has been getting ready for the holidays. People are bustling their way back to their homes to get back home to their families. Everyone all over town pass by each other as they say "Merry Christmas" to one another and around every corner.
"Merry Christmas to you friend!"
"Same to you! You working tonight?"
"Nah, it's Christmas Eve. I'm heading straight home after I'm done plowing snow!"
About all the stores were about ready to close except for one that is still open and it is the Kaiba Corporation. Inside of the building, there are workers getting the last pieces of paperwork done. However, there was one man who was running this entire business and that man was 24-year-old Seto Kaiba. Kaiba has been the President of Kaiba Corp ever since he took down his father at the age of ten along with his little brother Mokuba and then he stepped in as the new president of the company. Kaiba was now in his office filling out paperwork on employees in his company until he heard a knock on the door.
"Come on in" he said.
As the door opened, it revealed to be a man with long gray hair that covered one eye, a red suit, and a jolly attitude who was none other than Maximilian Pegasus and he was very happy to see Kaiba.
"Greetings Kaiba-boy. Aren't you glad to see me?" he said.
"Not likely Pegasus. Just because you and I are partners of different companies doesn't give you the right to barge in my office like this." said Kaiba.
"True, but since you and I are in this company together, I think it's best that you take a break from all that hard work and have some fun."
"Yeah right, when pigs fly..." Kaiba retorted.
"Oh, come now Kaiba, your employees have worked very hard and they deserve a break and so should you." said Pegasus as he laughed with glee as Kaiba slammed his hands onto the table.
"ENOUGH! I will not be ordered around to let my employees go home early on Christmas Eve and I won't have you telling me how to do my job. Now, unless there is anything business related, I suggest you leave." Kaiba yelled.
"Very well Mr. Scrooge, I shall respect your wishes. Ta-Ta.." As Pegasus said that, he left right out the door and headed straight to the elevator. While he was on his way, he spotted a blonde/black spiky-haired man with amethyst eyes in a blue suit and black tie.
"Yami-boy, my favorite customer, how are you? How's your family?" he said.
"Fine, I was about to be on my way back to them after I'm done here. I just have to bring Kaiba the completed papers on duel disc shipping and I'll be on my way home." said Yami.
"Then, you best get back home to them, Yami-boy." said Pegasus as he entered the elevator. "And Yami, Merry Christmas!" He waved to him goodbye as the elevator doors closed heading to the ground floor.
As Yami watched him go, he entered Kaiba's office without knocking and said to him "Excuse me Kaiba, but I have finished all the shipping forms that will go out to all the senders before midnight."
"Excellent, now leave Yami. I'm not paying you to look pretty." said Kaiba.
"Kaiba, you only pay me once a month." Yami replied.
"Exactly, that's why you always beat me in you ridiculous card games. When it should be me that should be the number one duelist." said Kaiba.
"You think I make more money by winning duels, Kaiba? I have a wife and son at home who expects me to provide for them. My wife Tea who I have been married for five years. And my son Yugi. Kaiba, with all due respect, I think that I should have my pay be once a week like everyone else." said Yami, but Kaiba didn't even take a thought about that and replied to him
"No Muto, you wanted to work for me to provide for your family, this is what you get." Yami was disappointed in Kaiba for the choice he made for his least paid employer.
"I'm just gonna go now..." As Yami was about to leave, Kaiba stopped him. "Hold it! You aren't going anywhere just yet. It may be the end of your shift Yami, but you still need to do another hour because you'll be closing up tonight." As Kaiba said that, he threw the keys to the building to Yami and snickered to himself.
"Yeah, thanks Kaiba." Yami said sadly. As Yami left, Kaiba started thinking to himself.
'I really need to finish all of this paperwork fast so that I can just go home and get some sleep! Urgh! Bah-Humbug! If there's one thing I hate about winter, it's the holidays. I can't believe it.'
Kaiba took a microphone and made an announcement to all of his employees on every floor. "Attention all employees, until you are done with all of your work, you can all leave home. Since you all have a long ways to go, I suggest you finish fast. Thank You and Good Night." As Kaiba said that, everyone was moving on the clock and getting work done, stocking all the equipment and putting them together in certain groups, make their machine process go a bit faster just so they can get home to their families.
It was 7:30 pm and it was closing time. Everyone in the building had left as Yami was the last one out since he had to close up the building tonight. As he closed up, Yami got into his black sedan and drove back home. As he was driving, he started thinking to himself.
'What do I tell Tea? That Kaiba won't give me any extra money to support her and Little Yugi? (sigh..) I'll just go pick up the already baked turkey and get home.'
As Yami was on his way to get his turkey that was already pre-made, Kaiba took the long way home by walking back to his mansion. As he was walking, he spotted a boy with a beat up rags and a sweater on as he was begging for money. Kaiba just walked away from the kid and just left back to his mansion. About a half hour later, he makes it back to his mansion as he unlocks the door revealing the foyer to his home. Kaiba walked into the living room that had the fireplace and his flat screen TV. He wiped off all the snow off his white jacket and hung it on his coat rack. As he did that, a young 17-year-old boy with long black hair and fairly tanned skin with his green sweater on came in and hugged Kaiba and it was his little brother Mokuba Kaiba.
"Big Brother, I missed you all day today." he said.
"I'm here now Mokuba. I just needed some time to think. That's all." Mokuba wasn't buying it at all. He knew something was going on with him.
"It's her isn't it?" Kaiba still couldn't get over the fact that someone near and dear to him died a year ago.
"Let's just let it go Mokuba. I just need to be alone." Kaiba walked out of the living room and headed upstairs without any regrets.
"But Seto, you promised as soon as you got home, we were gonna make a gingerbread house. You promised!" said Mokuba.
"I know, but I'm too exhausted to do anything now."
"But Set-" Kaiba cut him off as he was agitated from Mokuba's whining.
"Mokuba, I know what I said and I can't do it tonight. You got lots of present waiting to be opened tomorrow anyways."
"Yeah, but what if Yami and Tea could come over and maybe they can bring Yugi along with them." Kaiba got more angry when he heard Yami's name. When Kaiba heard the word Yami, that's when he finally snapped.
"I said no and that is final!" he yelled to Mokuba. But Mokuba started t o grow tears in his eyes and cried all the way to his room. "Mokuba, wait. I'm sorry!" Mokuba slammed the door and didn't want to be bothered for the rest of the night.
"(sigh)... Bah-Humbug! Now my own little brother hates me. I can't help it that I'm too exhausted now. Mokuba will probably get over it. By tomorrow, he'll forget all of this ever happened." But, what Kaiba didn't know was that Mokuba was in his room with a picture of him and Kaiba when they were little kids. Mokuba held that picture close to him as he cried for the rest of the night.
'Seto, what ever happened to that good part of you?' Mokuba thought to himself. As he said that, he covered himself up in his covers and fell asleep.
It was 9:00 pm and Kaiba was getting ready for bed and as he was in his blue striped pajamas and as he was about to go to the bathroom, he felt a rumbling and it was no earthquake.
"Uh, hello?" Kaiba didn't know what was happening, but he didn't care. As he was heading to the bathroom, he looked in the mirror and saw a ghost.
"AAAHHH!" Kaiba yelped as he jumped and saw it. but he rubbed his eyes and just saw his reflection of himself. As he finished brushing his teeth and do his "business", he headed to his bed until he felt that rumbling again. He looked around and saw that it was nobody doing it. He turns around and sees a ghost. He had chains of sin all over his body with short black hair, black jeans, and black/purple hood.
"AHHH! Who are you? And what do you want?" said Kaiba.
"You don't remember me Seto. I was your former business partner until I died in a car accident. It's me, Akio Ignota!" Kaiba didn't want to believe it, but he never believed in that fairy tale crap.
"No! That's impossible! You can't be a ghost!" said Kaiba as Akio replied "Oh, but I am and I am also here to warn you Seto that tonight, you will be visited by three other ghosts tonight, other than me of course."
"Three more ghosts? Please, I don't believe in that magic mumbo jumbo at all." Kaiba retorted.
"Kaiba, understand this. Even though you and I were in business together, we were always about the business. We gave people what they wanted and gave it to them."
"Akio, do you expect me to care about those people? What do they ever do for me? Business is never about people." Akio suddenly swooped in front of him inches away from his face.
"Seto, you may not have cared about the people in your business, but people ARE my business! So, be warned Seto Kaiba, Three Ghosts will come tonight! Don't say I didn't warn you...!" Akio said as he disappeared into thin air as he shook his chains.
"I'll believe whatever I want." As Kaiba said that, he fell into his covers and fell asleep. But, even though he didn't believe it, three ghosts were going to haunt him on this night of Christmas Eve.
Well! It looks like Kaiba wants to believe whatever he wants to believe. Oh well, it's his funeral, or at least it could be... lol, Oh come on! I'm only kidding.. hmm.. But, that's all for this chapter. I shall return yet again for another chapter. But, until then leave your reviews under here and I shall return for another chapter to come. See You Next Time!
