Brood: Hey everyone! This idea came to me in a random moment of insanity
that miss Wingleader Sora Jade brought upon in one of her reviews to
another story of mine...the one where Joey gets that job......Nevermind
about that now....but you wanna see Yami Bakura be a mall Santa!
Zutsokaki: You have undeniably become very evil.
Brood: Hey! I happen to LIKE this story idea! So now....on with the Santa!
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Ryou walked through the mall with his checklist. Christmas was coming closer and he was on his yearly mission to buy presents for his friends.
He had already gotten Anzu's, which was easy. Her present was a large stuffed hamster plush toy from, and he knew that she thrived on cute. He would wrap it in pink paper with a purple bow...
Yugi's was a bit more involved. He had found an interesting Dark Magician model toy, but had immediatly passed on it when he found a neat bag with the DM on it, in a neat battle pose. He knew Yugi would love it.
He had found, out of sheer luck, a nearly new leather riding jacket in Goodwill, and had gotten it for Honda. The cashier lady had told him that the jacket had been too small for the man who had bought it, so his wife made him give it to the Goodwill. Ryou smiled at his good luck, but he still needed something for Joey and his sister.
\\Ryou.....I'm bored here.\\
Great. In his shopping, he had forgotten about his dark side.
\You stay in there while I'm shopping. You'll just cause trouble.\
\\So?\\
\That would be my point.\
\\I'm coming out whether you like it or not. I suppose it's up to you if you want other pitiful mortals to see me emerge.....\\
He really hated it when his darkness didn't give him much of an alternative.
\......fine. Just let me get somewhere will you won't be seen.\
\\......alright.\\
Ryou heaved a heavy sigh and walked to the mall bathrooms. He did a quick look around and found that the restroom was empty. That was working in his favor, anyway....
\All clear.\ Ryou sent the message, and almost immediatly saw his darkness out beside him.
"I just LOVE it when I get my way...." Bakura let out a small chuckle and left the bathroom. Ryou chased after him and walked by his side.
"What do you want? I certainly don't want YOU hanging around me right now...."
"Er....I just wanted to tell you that we are going to be leaving after I find a couple of more presents for Joey and his little sister. So....keep our link open, ok?
"Fine. I will do at least that. Just don't bother me with trivial things." Bakura strode away, leaving Ryou behind, and watched Bakura soon disappear in the holiday rush of shoppers. He let out another sigh and walked off.
In the meantime, Bakura was letting himself wander around and look at the things that the mortals could make. He walked into a shop with lots of light up things, and stood mezmerized at a lava lamp for a moment. Then he turned and left the store.
As he took the first step out, he saw HIM.
It was an older fat man with white hair and a beard, and was wearing a rediculous outfit of red velvet and white fuzzy trim. He even had a matching stocking cap to go with it. Bakura sneered as he saw childeren go up to him with smiling faces. This man was clearly annoying and had to be harmed.
So, Bakura sat and waited, never taking his eyes off of the annoying fat old man. What made him even more annoying was that he would hear a chuckle come from him now and then in the form of "Ho ho ho!" That only made Bakura's resolve stronger.
After half an hour, and thankfully, no sign of his host, the camera person put up a sign and children moaned and frustrated parents who had waited in line turned around, yanking their upset children with them.
The fat man stood up, the bells on his hat jingling. He then got off of his seat and began walking towards one of the storm shelter hallways to get to the employee break room. Bakura stood up and began stalking him. There really was no reason to do this except....
1.) The man's tingly bells were annoying.
2.) All of that fuzzy white trim was annoying.
3.) His red suit was annoying.
4.) His hat he wore was annoying.
5.) His other half wasn't around, what other time would he get to enjoy something like this?
Bakura allowed a sadistic smile to creep to his lips as he drew nearer to the man in the annoying red.
If you couldn't tell already, Bakura found the jolly fat man annoying.
But as Bakura drew near enough to whisper frightning things in his ear and disappear, somebody with at least six large shopping bags rammed into Bakura and, swearing loudly in Egyptian the whole time, he slammed into Santa, full on the back. They were by the doorway to the storm hallway, and Santa was propelled into the frame headfirst.
His head bounced off of it, and he fell over, rolling into the hall sideways, only leaving one of his feet in sight.
Bakura stood up, but the person had already excused him or herself and run off out of sight. He vowed that if he ever saw that person again, he would give them an eternity in the Shadow Realm being eaten slowly by his Maneater Bug.
That's when he caught sight of the fat man's boot. He walked up to the doorframe and peeked his head around the corner, seeing the man on the ground unconcious. He shrugged and began to turn.
"OH MY LORD! WHAT HAPPENED HERE!!!!" A door down the hallway, and a professional looking geek stumbled into the hallway, rushing over and kneeling by Santa.
"Well, it looks like your fat man has run into a small accident....." Bakura offered that much to the scrawny young man, but the geek looked up at him.
"His break is over in about half an hour! Who could we possibly get to take his place!!!?? What about the CHILDREN!?!?!?!"
"Listen, I personally don't ca...." He was interruped by a second voice.
"What happened to our Santa?" It was an older man in a buisiness suit, who came out of the same doorway as the geek did.
Santa? Oh, they must have meant the man in the red with the bump to match. Bakura shrugged lightly. "He must have slipped and hit his head on the doorframe...." Inwardly, he sneered. How trusting these mortals were....
"But who else could we get? He's out cold! There is no way he'll be good to go out in that long! Even if we DO get him awake...." The man looked at Bakura slowly. "Those children will be really disappointed...."
Then, a look dawned on the man's face as the geek boy stayed by the Santa man. The look frightened Bakura as the man was examining HIM.
"Hey....you have white hair....and we have a beard....and an extra outfit.....hey buddy, do you want to help us out and be our Santa Claus? Since the other one is out...."
Bakura's face took on a look of horror and anger as he shot back. "Look man, there is NO way you will ever get me in one of those rediculous get-ups!" One of his fists clenched, but the man and now even the geek were looking at him.
"Please? For the the children?"
Ryou jolted and nearly dropped the teddy bear he was holding. Bakura was feeling VERY murderous.....he had to get to him before he did anything bad. Ryou put the bear back on the rack and dashed out of the store.
Soon, with enough seeking, he found Bakura standing beside a storm shelter door having an arguement with someone inside he couldn't see. He then saw a boot slide slowly out of sight, and Ryou ran over, standing next to Bakura.
"What are you doing here, Ryou!?" Bakura looked down at him, and Ryou just stared straight back at him. He then took in his surroundings. There were two guys and an unconscious Santa Claus about ten feet in front of him. He looked at Santa, then shot a pointed glance at Bakura.
Bakura looked back at him.
\\For once, it really wasn't me.\\
\Sure....I'll bet if it wasn't you, you still had a hand in it SOMEWHERE....\
\\..............\\
Then the man spoke up. "Hey kid! Tell your big brother here that he'd make a good replacement Santa Claus! We need him since our big guy took a hit from the doorframe!"
Ryou's eyes grew to the size of saucers and supressed a giggle. He couldn't stop himself.
"Sure, he'd make a good Santa Claus....really...." He was rewarded by a murderous glance from Bakura.
\\Traitor. You WILL pay for that later. And I am NOT your big brother.\\
"Tell me o-nee-san, why don't you want to be Santa?" Ryou just looked back at him innocently.
Bakura continued to look at Ryou. "Because the last thing I want is to walk around looking like THAT!" He motioned to the Santa down on the ground.
The man spoke again. "Now the suit isn't that big of a deal! All we have to do is pad you around the middle and put a beard on you! No big problem there, right? And the kids come, and they will sit on your lap and they will tell you what they want for Christmas....."
"Woah woah! I have to let them SIT on me!!!???" Bakura's eyes widened like his lighter half's did. There was NO way he would let those small mortals on his lap! Bakura began raising his hand to Mind Crush the both of them, but Ryou grabbed it and put it back down.
\NO!\
\\Just the geek kid then...please!? I NEED THIS!!!!\\
\No!\
"Hey, it's not big deal....Bakura? Is that what your little brother said? Well, in any case, the kids will just tell you what they want and your elf gives them a candy cane and they leave, and you then take the next kid. All you have to do is nod and ask them if they've been a good little boy or girl this year and things like that."
"WHY!? What elf!"
"Just the person standing next to you wearing the elf outfit. Nothing big."
The geek kid then looked at his watch and then tugged on the other man's arm. The man looked at the watch as well.
"Oh my goodness! There is no time! Come on, we have to suit you up quickly!" He then snagged Bakura before he could do anything, and dragged him into the break room, Ryou jogging behind them. The geek dragged Santa in after them.
Over the next ten minutes, there were lots of protestive yellings and such, but soon the man stood away to behold his masterpiece.
"You ARE Santa Claus!" He was meet with a dark look from Bakura, who now had a full white beard, a padded Santa outfit, and a jingly bell hat. Under the beard, you couldn't even see his mouth, so his speech was just the slightest bit muffled.
"But I don't want to be...."
"Now, we have just a couple of more minutes.....Hey, do you think your kid brother would like to be the elf?" He then cast a look at Ryou. "For the sake of the children? Please?"
Ryou stifled another giggle. Even though being a mall Santa was not quite safe for anyone when the Santa was Bakura, and it horrified the good conscious he had, he still knew Bakura wouldn't do much if Ryou could make sure of it. And he had a few ideas.....
"Sure. And YES. Definitly for the sake of the children......."
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Brood: Oh my....this isn't looking good for ANYONE right now....
Zutsokaki: I think the children will need more than Ryou to protect them....
Brood: Oh yeah, I'm hosting a fanfiction contest! Check my bio for details! It's a neat contest! You should check it out!
Zutsokaki: Me and Fuu Fuu got you a birthday present.
Fuu Fuu Choco Taco: *a chibi, for those who don't know* Yay! Late birthday present for Broody Mama!
Brood: You did?! For me!? *takes the Gift Box from Zutsokaki, opening it* GASP! It's a cute little chibi Joey plushie! In his Battle City outfit!!!
Fuu Fuu: Go deeper!
Brood: *digs* !!!! GASP AGAIN! It's a doggy outfit to put him in!! YAY!!!!
Gift Box: **This gift box will self destruct in five...four....three....two...*
Zutsokaki: *grins and snags Fuu Fuu and the plush toy, diving behind a chair*
Gift Box: **....one...**
BOOM!!!!!!
Brood: *now charred in the face, and Fuu Fuu with Zutsokaki are giggling madly with a safe plushie in their hands.* I should have known that they wouldn't do something nice for me without some comeback....oh well....Ja ne! Keep a look out for the next chapter!
Zutsokaki: You have undeniably become very evil.
Brood: Hey! I happen to LIKE this story idea! So now....on with the Santa!
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Ryou walked through the mall with his checklist. Christmas was coming closer and he was on his yearly mission to buy presents for his friends.
He had already gotten Anzu's, which was easy. Her present was a large stuffed hamster plush toy from, and he knew that she thrived on cute. He would wrap it in pink paper with a purple bow...
Yugi's was a bit more involved. He had found an interesting Dark Magician model toy, but had immediatly passed on it when he found a neat bag with the DM on it, in a neat battle pose. He knew Yugi would love it.
He had found, out of sheer luck, a nearly new leather riding jacket in Goodwill, and had gotten it for Honda. The cashier lady had told him that the jacket had been too small for the man who had bought it, so his wife made him give it to the Goodwill. Ryou smiled at his good luck, but he still needed something for Joey and his sister.
\\Ryou.....I'm bored here.\\
Great. In his shopping, he had forgotten about his dark side.
\You stay in there while I'm shopping. You'll just cause trouble.\
\\So?\\
\That would be my point.\
\\I'm coming out whether you like it or not. I suppose it's up to you if you want other pitiful mortals to see me emerge.....\\
He really hated it when his darkness didn't give him much of an alternative.
\......fine. Just let me get somewhere will you won't be seen.\
\\......alright.\\
Ryou heaved a heavy sigh and walked to the mall bathrooms. He did a quick look around and found that the restroom was empty. That was working in his favor, anyway....
\All clear.\ Ryou sent the message, and almost immediatly saw his darkness out beside him.
"I just LOVE it when I get my way...." Bakura let out a small chuckle and left the bathroom. Ryou chased after him and walked by his side.
"What do you want? I certainly don't want YOU hanging around me right now...."
"Er....I just wanted to tell you that we are going to be leaving after I find a couple of more presents for Joey and his little sister. So....keep our link open, ok?
"Fine. I will do at least that. Just don't bother me with trivial things." Bakura strode away, leaving Ryou behind, and watched Bakura soon disappear in the holiday rush of shoppers. He let out another sigh and walked off.
In the meantime, Bakura was letting himself wander around and look at the things that the mortals could make. He walked into a shop with lots of light up things, and stood mezmerized at a lava lamp for a moment. Then he turned and left the store.
As he took the first step out, he saw HIM.
It was an older fat man with white hair and a beard, and was wearing a rediculous outfit of red velvet and white fuzzy trim. He even had a matching stocking cap to go with it. Bakura sneered as he saw childeren go up to him with smiling faces. This man was clearly annoying and had to be harmed.
So, Bakura sat and waited, never taking his eyes off of the annoying fat old man. What made him even more annoying was that he would hear a chuckle come from him now and then in the form of "Ho ho ho!" That only made Bakura's resolve stronger.
After half an hour, and thankfully, no sign of his host, the camera person put up a sign and children moaned and frustrated parents who had waited in line turned around, yanking their upset children with them.
The fat man stood up, the bells on his hat jingling. He then got off of his seat and began walking towards one of the storm shelter hallways to get to the employee break room. Bakura stood up and began stalking him. There really was no reason to do this except....
1.) The man's tingly bells were annoying.
2.) All of that fuzzy white trim was annoying.
3.) His red suit was annoying.
4.) His hat he wore was annoying.
5.) His other half wasn't around, what other time would he get to enjoy something like this?
Bakura allowed a sadistic smile to creep to his lips as he drew nearer to the man in the annoying red.
If you couldn't tell already, Bakura found the jolly fat man annoying.
But as Bakura drew near enough to whisper frightning things in his ear and disappear, somebody with at least six large shopping bags rammed into Bakura and, swearing loudly in Egyptian the whole time, he slammed into Santa, full on the back. They were by the doorway to the storm hallway, and Santa was propelled into the frame headfirst.
His head bounced off of it, and he fell over, rolling into the hall sideways, only leaving one of his feet in sight.
Bakura stood up, but the person had already excused him or herself and run off out of sight. He vowed that if he ever saw that person again, he would give them an eternity in the Shadow Realm being eaten slowly by his Maneater Bug.
That's when he caught sight of the fat man's boot. He walked up to the doorframe and peeked his head around the corner, seeing the man on the ground unconcious. He shrugged and began to turn.
"OH MY LORD! WHAT HAPPENED HERE!!!!" A door down the hallway, and a professional looking geek stumbled into the hallway, rushing over and kneeling by Santa.
"Well, it looks like your fat man has run into a small accident....." Bakura offered that much to the scrawny young man, but the geek looked up at him.
"His break is over in about half an hour! Who could we possibly get to take his place!!!?? What about the CHILDREN!?!?!?!"
"Listen, I personally don't ca...." He was interruped by a second voice.
"What happened to our Santa?" It was an older man in a buisiness suit, who came out of the same doorway as the geek did.
Santa? Oh, they must have meant the man in the red with the bump to match. Bakura shrugged lightly. "He must have slipped and hit his head on the doorframe...." Inwardly, he sneered. How trusting these mortals were....
"But who else could we get? He's out cold! There is no way he'll be good to go out in that long! Even if we DO get him awake...." The man looked at Bakura slowly. "Those children will be really disappointed...."
Then, a look dawned on the man's face as the geek boy stayed by the Santa man. The look frightened Bakura as the man was examining HIM.
"Hey....you have white hair....and we have a beard....and an extra outfit.....hey buddy, do you want to help us out and be our Santa Claus? Since the other one is out...."
Bakura's face took on a look of horror and anger as he shot back. "Look man, there is NO way you will ever get me in one of those rediculous get-ups!" One of his fists clenched, but the man and now even the geek were looking at him.
"Please? For the the children?"
Ryou jolted and nearly dropped the teddy bear he was holding. Bakura was feeling VERY murderous.....he had to get to him before he did anything bad. Ryou put the bear back on the rack and dashed out of the store.
Soon, with enough seeking, he found Bakura standing beside a storm shelter door having an arguement with someone inside he couldn't see. He then saw a boot slide slowly out of sight, and Ryou ran over, standing next to Bakura.
"What are you doing here, Ryou!?" Bakura looked down at him, and Ryou just stared straight back at him. He then took in his surroundings. There were two guys and an unconscious Santa Claus about ten feet in front of him. He looked at Santa, then shot a pointed glance at Bakura.
Bakura looked back at him.
\\For once, it really wasn't me.\\
\Sure....I'll bet if it wasn't you, you still had a hand in it SOMEWHERE....\
\\..............\\
Then the man spoke up. "Hey kid! Tell your big brother here that he'd make a good replacement Santa Claus! We need him since our big guy took a hit from the doorframe!"
Ryou's eyes grew to the size of saucers and supressed a giggle. He couldn't stop himself.
"Sure, he'd make a good Santa Claus....really...." He was rewarded by a murderous glance from Bakura.
\\Traitor. You WILL pay for that later. And I am NOT your big brother.\\
"Tell me o-nee-san, why don't you want to be Santa?" Ryou just looked back at him innocently.
Bakura continued to look at Ryou. "Because the last thing I want is to walk around looking like THAT!" He motioned to the Santa down on the ground.
The man spoke again. "Now the suit isn't that big of a deal! All we have to do is pad you around the middle and put a beard on you! No big problem there, right? And the kids come, and they will sit on your lap and they will tell you what they want for Christmas....."
"Woah woah! I have to let them SIT on me!!!???" Bakura's eyes widened like his lighter half's did. There was NO way he would let those small mortals on his lap! Bakura began raising his hand to Mind Crush the both of them, but Ryou grabbed it and put it back down.
\NO!\
\\Just the geek kid then...please!? I NEED THIS!!!!\\
\No!\
"Hey, it's not big deal....Bakura? Is that what your little brother said? Well, in any case, the kids will just tell you what they want and your elf gives them a candy cane and they leave, and you then take the next kid. All you have to do is nod and ask them if they've been a good little boy or girl this year and things like that."
"WHY!? What elf!"
"Just the person standing next to you wearing the elf outfit. Nothing big."
The geek kid then looked at his watch and then tugged on the other man's arm. The man looked at the watch as well.
"Oh my goodness! There is no time! Come on, we have to suit you up quickly!" He then snagged Bakura before he could do anything, and dragged him into the break room, Ryou jogging behind them. The geek dragged Santa in after them.
Over the next ten minutes, there were lots of protestive yellings and such, but soon the man stood away to behold his masterpiece.
"You ARE Santa Claus!" He was meet with a dark look from Bakura, who now had a full white beard, a padded Santa outfit, and a jingly bell hat. Under the beard, you couldn't even see his mouth, so his speech was just the slightest bit muffled.
"But I don't want to be...."
"Now, we have just a couple of more minutes.....Hey, do you think your kid brother would like to be the elf?" He then cast a look at Ryou. "For the sake of the children? Please?"
Ryou stifled another giggle. Even though being a mall Santa was not quite safe for anyone when the Santa was Bakura, and it horrified the good conscious he had, he still knew Bakura wouldn't do much if Ryou could make sure of it. And he had a few ideas.....
"Sure. And YES. Definitly for the sake of the children......."
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Brood: Oh my....this isn't looking good for ANYONE right now....
Zutsokaki: I think the children will need more than Ryou to protect them....
Brood: Oh yeah, I'm hosting a fanfiction contest! Check my bio for details! It's a neat contest! You should check it out!
Zutsokaki: Me and Fuu Fuu got you a birthday present.
Fuu Fuu Choco Taco: *a chibi, for those who don't know* Yay! Late birthday present for Broody Mama!
Brood: You did?! For me!? *takes the Gift Box from Zutsokaki, opening it* GASP! It's a cute little chibi Joey plushie! In his Battle City outfit!!!
Fuu Fuu: Go deeper!
Brood: *digs* !!!! GASP AGAIN! It's a doggy outfit to put him in!! YAY!!!!
Gift Box: **This gift box will self destruct in five...four....three....two...*
Zutsokaki: *grins and snags Fuu Fuu and the plush toy, diving behind a chair*
Gift Box: **....one...**
BOOM!!!!!!
Brood: *now charred in the face, and Fuu Fuu with Zutsokaki are giggling madly with a safe plushie in their hands.* I should have known that they wouldn't do something nice for me without some comeback....oh well....Ja ne! Keep a look out for the next chapter!