And so it is the 30th of November. And for once I have written you all, a Christmas story. There will be a chapter everyday leading up to Christmas, one for every day. I hope you enjoy it. Reviews are much appreciated.

Prologue - 30th November

"…and so Christmas is a time of loving and family and friends." Malik and Ryou's eyes were dreamy and shining as they watched Yugi preaching to the three yamis. Bakura looked bored and was staring at his nails frowning. Marik was playing with a lighter and bringing it closer and closer to Yami until he would react, swiping his hand out to try and knock it out of his hand. Yami frowned and pushed the blonde yami off his seat, standing up to glare down at him.

"Yugi. Why must we celebrate this tradition with you?" Yami asked his eyes pleading with Yugi not to make him spend the month with the other two yamis and their hikaris. Yugi just smiled sweetly and nodded to Ryou and Malik who were lounging on the same seat.

"I thank you both for agreeing to come stay in the two spare rooms over the next month. I appreciate your help in preparing for the party and helping with our celebration of this holiday. We can finally all have family on Christmas." A pained look crossed his face as he thought of Solomon.

Ryou quickly jumped forward and took Yugi's hands in his, ignoring the growl from Yami.

"And we thank you for allowing us to be here. We will all," At this he glared at the two yamis smirking innocently up at him, "enjoy it here and make it worth the trouble."

Yugi nodded.

"Thankyou. Now. Yami will you show Marik and Malik to their room while I show Bakura and Ryou to theirs?"

Yami shook his head and opened his mouth to protest but Marik stamped on his foot causing a whine of pain.

"Of course he would. Wouldn't he?" He smirked at Yami in a way that said 'I have a proposition for you. Shut up and show us where we are staying.' Yami gulped and motioned they grab their bags and follow. Marik grinned and grabbing his and Malik's bags followed his fellow yami. Malik shrugged at Ryou and followed the two.

Yugi bent down slightly and grabbed Ryou's bag.

"C'mon. I'll show you the room you're staying in. Kaiba's place is pretty big…"

Ryou motioned for Bakura to grab his own bag and follow him. The frowning yami groaned and lifted his bag dragging his feet as he followed the two hikaris.

"It was nice of Kaiba to let us use his home while there isn't anyone renting it don't you think Yugi?" Ryou asked, his chocolate brown eyes flickering around the halls.

Yugi nodded grinning.

"It means it'll be a good Christmas as long as we keep these guys under control." He chuckled and pointed to the end of the hall.

"That room down there is yours. There's only three bedrooms in the house but it still gets confusing. The lounge is huge though, we were only in the greeting room." He started towards the kitchen.

"I'll give you the tour later tonight okay. For now you can go get settled. Meet us in this room here," He motioned towards a door, "for supper. We can sort out stuff for the party then." Grinning, he left Bakura and Ryou to get set up.

Bakura glanced around the room. It was large and spacious with a huge double bed set against the far wall. The walls were the same as the rest of the house, a deep red and the carpet was fuzzy and a slightly silver colour. It didn't take away from the size at all however. The entire house was decorated in this fashion. And each bedroom had an ensuite with a large spa bath.

Ryou dumped his bag on the floor and fell back on the bed. He smiled over at Bakura. Bakura let a rare smile grace his lips. He flicked his hair out of his face and played with the piercing in his lip slightly. He was amazed Ryou had ever allowed him to get it. Along with the streaks of black throughout his hair and leather jacket he looked downright sexy. And damn did he know it. Ryou smiled and pulled away when Bakura leaned down to kiss him.

"Not now. I know I promised you I'd make this worth your while. But I need more time than this. Wait until tonight. There's a lock on the door. I checked." With a wink Ryou jumped to his feet and headed out the door towards the kitchen. Bakura frowned after him. Tease…

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Yami had led the blonde duo to their room without any fuss. Marik grinned at him and handed him a photo. Yami glanced down at it.

"Erm what's this?"

Marik shrugged.

"My proposition for you. You put up with us so our hikaris are happy and I'll let you keep that blackmail on Seto Kaiba that I've been saving for a special moment."

Yami glanced down at it and let out a snort of laughter. Seto Kaiba was indeed in this photo. He looked to be barely older than ten years old and was dressed in a blue eyes white dragon costume. No way was he letting this go. Nodding at Marik he placed it in his pocket, still snickering slightly.

Marik calmly placed a hand on the pharaohs shoulder. He eyes were serious and his voice sincere.

"Remember Yami. With such power comes great responsibility." And with that he stalked out of the room towards the kitchen, following his nose.

Yami looked startled and glanced at Malik who just chuckled and shrugged at him.

"He's lost a fair few marbles I'd say. C'mon, I'm hungry."

Yami followed the hikari out of the room still shaking his head.

In the kitchen all the other occupants of the house were seated around food. Yugi had been cooking for an hour to prepare enough food for all of them. Him, Ryou and Malik would all be taking turns at cooking over the next month and a joint effort would be needed on Christmas.

After dinner that night in which Yami had ended up with quite a collection of peas stuck in his pointy hair, each pair retired to bed. As Yugi had said before he bade them all good night, the next day, and indeed the next month, was going to be an extremely busy and also…extremely exciting bunch of events leading up until Christmas Day.

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