MegaMan Battle Network – Christmas Time
Chapter 1 - Preperations
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, awaiting Saint Nick, who soon would be there.
Asleep in her room, the young girl lay, like the Lord Jesus, asleep in the…
"HEY!" screamed Sarah sitting bolt upright in bed, "It's three in the morning Lan, what are you doing in my room?" She stared at Lan, his PET in hand. "Is that on record MegaMan? That's it, get out! Out, out, out!" She chased her brother out of her bedroom and watched him run down the hall to his room.
"And if a single copy of that tape gets out you are dead Lan!" she yelled, "You too MegaMan!"
In her room, Mrs. Hikari woke and said sleepily, "What time is it?"
"3 o'clock," said her navi.
"Sounds about right," said Dr. Hikari sleepily as he rolled over in bed, "Get back too sleep, it is Christmas day after all."
1 Week Earlier
"So too the Christian Religion Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ," said Sarah, "And it is also other festivals in other religions too. But to everyone else it's an excuse to get presents, give presents and generally have fun."
"That about sums it up," said Yai, "It's pretty fun because we all usually just throw a big party on Christmas Day at my house to celebrate."
"Sounds like fun," said Sarah, "Need any help."
"Not really," said Yai, "Have you done your Christmas shopping yet Sarah?"
Sarah sat in silence for a few moments.
"I knew I'd forgotten something," she said, "I was so interested in the actual history behind Christmas that I'd forgotten to get everyone's presents."
"Best get moving then," said Yai, "This is possibly the worst time to leave it until, you'll have to contend with all the people getting that last minute gift."
Sarah ran to the metroline to catch the last train to Electown and somehow reached it just in time, her first stop was the Electronics stores for her Dad.
"Let's see," said Sarah, "Nope, he's already got that, got that too, and that, oh, he built that, is there anything here that he hasn't got or built?"
An assistant came up to her.
"Hello," said the assistant, "Can I help you?"
"I'm looking for some computer parts for my Dad," said Sarah.
"We have an extensive range here," said the assistant, "A lot of these were built by Dr. Hikari himself."
"That's the problem," said Sarah.
The assistant did a quick double take. "I see," said the assistant, "Have you tried our imported range from Netopia's Science Institute?"
It was expensive, and you had to wait for the parts to be ordered, but Sarah boiled it down to get one of these or a new computer. She ordered one of the cheapest and made a line for the kitchen utensils.
She looked around the department, her Mum had been going on about the microwave kept breaking down, she actually paid for one before she realized she had to get it home without her Mum noticing. Or did she?
She asked the assistant to hold onto the stuff whilst she nipped out for a moment, the confused assistant did so whilst Sarah ran down the street to a BattleChip shop.
She should have gone to Higsby's she thought afterwards, she had spent over 10000 Zenny in the shop on one chip, but it was perfect for Chaud. Thinking of Chaud she pocketed the chip and rang him asking for some help. Ten minutes later, her Mum's new Microwave was in Chaud's car, alongside Yai's present which she'd noticed going into the shop. Only three more left to buy for now.
Dex was easy, three minutes in a game shop and Sarah walked out with a bargain, placed next to Yai's it looked small though.
She decided to get Lan's present from Higsby's, which just left Mayl. After what seemed like an eternity browsing jewelry stands she settled on a small bracelet, after she left she noticed Chaud had brought something too, but she decided not to press the point, after all, half the fun was not knowing what the gift was.
She managed to convince Chaud to keep the gifts safe until Christmas Eve when she'd help him drop them off. She walked into Higsby's and came out with Lan's present, plus a few more chips in her folder. She decided to check her account then and laughed, in one afternoon, her entire cash supply had nearly gone.
She arrived at home and found Lan and her parents putting up the Christmas decorations at home, her Dad told her to get the rest of the boxes down from upstairs and she carried down the remaining 3 in 1 trip to the amazement of Lan. Most of the decorations had already been hung leaving just the tree. She pulled the tree off the roof of the car and carried it in with some help from Lan.
After standing the tree in the pot and packing it in Sarah and Lan began pulling the decorations out of the boxes Sarah had carried down and began putting them on the tree. Sarah really took notice of the decorations noting the imagery that had spawned the decorations. She did admit that she'd had fun both hanging the decorations and relating them to the tales surrounding the myths behind Christmas.
At last the decorations were hung from the tree and the lights had been strung and tested, in record time Dr. Hikari noted. But there was still one thing missing from the tree.
Lan gave a small cough and Sarah turned to see Lan holding the star from the top of the tree out to her.
"We thought that you should put the star on the tree," said Lan, "This been your first Christmas as a human."
"I couldn't," said Sarah, "I mean, don't you normally do it Lan?"
Dr. Hikari placed his hand on Sarah's shoulder. "Go on," he said, "We all decided you should. Besides, it will help you to get into the spirit of things."
Sarah smiled as she took the star from Lan, she climbed onto a footstool and with her Dad holding her to steady her, she reached over and placed the star onto the tree.
"Merry Christmas," said Sarah as she hopped down from the footstool.
"Merry Christmas to you too," said Lan.
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22 Years Later
In the Hikari household, Hub climbs to stand on the stool to place the star on the tree, whilst Sam sits on Sarah's shoulders to do the same in the Blaze house. A tradition passed through centuries, with memories passed through the years recurring time and time again.
AN: That binary code isn't just random numbers, well done to anyone who figures out what it says.
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