Chapter 1
"Whoa, wait, you still believe in Santa Claus?"
"Yeah, what's wrong with that?"
"Miku, we're in high school now. Everyone knows Santa doesn't exist."
"Whatever, Miki. Let's just hurry and get to that cafe before it closes."
Both Miku and Miki rushed on the street but Miki didn't let the subject go just yet. "But, Miku, why do you still believe in Santa? What does this fictional character mean to you?"
"I don't know," Miku stated, earning herself an eyebrow raise from Miki so she continued. "Working in the daycare, I'm surrounded by kids and Santa Claus, plus I like getting free stuff."
"Uh huh," Miki slowly nodded, not really convinced. "I like getting free stuff too but I don't believe in-Hey, look! It's still open!" Miki sprinted to the door and was told they close in an hour.
Miku sighed in relief, glad the subject was dropped. There was actually another reason as to why she still believed in Santa. But she was afraid of being made fun of by her best friend. Miki probably wouldn't be that mean but after thinking about it, the reason even started to sound silly in her head.
"Come on, Miku!" Miki called from the door. "I got both of the last pieces of cherry and leek cake! Let's eat!"
"Okay, coming!" Miku ran inside and joined the excited girl, already eating her slice. As silly as her reason sounded, Miku decided not to worry about it. Today was Christmas Eve. She going to enjoy every bit of it while waiting for tonight.
"Please tell me why we're doing this again, Lily."
"Because, Luka, the old man doesn't like it when we stack the little ones to kill the spider on the ceiling."
"But we killed it so why do we have to do the old man's job," Luka whined, hauling a huge bag over her shoulder.
"I don't know but at least it's not that hard," Lily shrugged. Lily was just as frustrated as Luka was about their job. She clung onto the fact that this job only came once a year. "We just have two more houses and we're done." Lily gave Luka a light punch to the arm before jumping onto the roof of some house. "I ain't anymore spiders for them," Luka chuckled as she heard Lily muttered as she disappeared into the chimney. Luka sighed and stared at the night sky. It was probably an hour or so after midnight. It was Christmas Day.
Luka stood up on the roof of her last house of the night. For 'security purposes', her and Lily had to wear Santa suits with beard and everything, except for the reindeer and sled. They had to go by foot. At least everything was within close proximity.
Luka threw her leg over the chimney, sitting on the edge. She strapped on her beard, grabbed her bag, and quietly made her way down the ashy chimney.
The house was like every other one she had visited, festive and supplied Luka with cookies and milk which she did not mind taking. Luka stepped into a huge living room with the couches, the TV, and the typical Christmas tree, still lit and presents already under it.
Luka took out her bag and searched the boxes that belong to whoever lived in this house. When she finished placing the presents underneath the tree, Luka stood up and stretched time. "Oh, time for cookies," she whispered happily. Luka turned around and a blanket of teal covered her vision before the person tackled her to the ground, sending both falling towards the earth.
"Ooof! What the-"
"I knew it! I knew Santa exis-wait, you're not Santa." The teal-haired girl got off but her arms and legs were still on either side of Luka. "You're just some impersonator." She suddenly yanked off the fake beard (which slightly hurt Luka's chin) and grabbed the front of the suit. "How in the world did you get into my house?!"
"Uhh now...," Luka took out a small of paper and squinted at it, "uh...Miku Hatsune, if you would please remove yourself from me and everything will soon be explained," Luka said soothingly, hoping to calm this Miku down. The tealette reluctantly let go and got off of Luka. As Luka got up, she reached for her memory lost dust (made for situations like this). She quickly threw it at the girl but said girl was gone and the dust fell on the cookies. But the next thing Luka knew she was back on the ground. Miku sat on top of her, pinning her arms on her back.
"I know taekwondo. I don't know what you just threw but I will break your arms," Miku whispered threateningly, leaning down to Luka's ear.
"Oh my god," Luka exasperated. "Kids these days. Why won't they let Santa's slaves do their job peacefully?" Luka plopped her face onto the carpet underneath her.
Miku's grip loosened a little but it was still firm. "Santa has slaves?"
"Well, your kind call us elves," Luka said through the carpet.
"Elves? Wait, you're an elf?!" Miku ripped off Luka's hat and parted her hair, getting a good view of her pointed ears. "But-but you're so tall!"
"I'm surprised you would know that since since you keep throwing me to the GROUND," Luka growled, turning her head and glaring at Miku. "Plus not all elves are short. That's just a stereotype."
Miku looked away, a bit shamefully. She slowly released Luka and got off of her. Luka got on her knees on stretched out her arms, trying to get the blood flowing again. "How do I know you're really Santa's elf?" Miku asked curiously, sitting across from Luka.
Luka sighed. "You humans probably don't know this but each elf has a number embedded on the back of their necks," Luka explained, turning around and parting her hair to one side. She lowered the collar enough for Miku to see '003' on the back of Luka's neck.
"What do the numbers mean?" Miku inquired. She crawled closer and softly touched the back of Luka's neck, tracing each of the numbers. Luka flinched at the sudden contact but did nothing to stop it.
"Mine m-means I-I'm one of the older ones," Luka stuttered. She couldn't help but feel a heated trail Miku's finger left behind. Why is this girl have this effect on me? Luka quickly pulled away and stood up. "I've been here too long. I have to..." Luka looked at the tealette in front of her. Luka couldn't leave Miku with everything she knows. Her eyes fell in the cookies and the dust fell on. Then she got an idea.
"Wait!" Miku jumped up to her. "Let me go with you. I want to see Santa Claus." In Luka's eyes, Miku looked like a normal teenage girl who would extremely excited to get the new CD album of her favorite boy band except for one thing: Miku was not normal. She was extremely excited about a person most people don't believe in. Luka found this very amusing and cute.
"Aren't you a little too old to believe in Santa Claus?" Luka chuckled.
"No one's ever too old to believe," Miku pouted. "No one..." A brief look of sadness flashed across her face. As soon as Luka noticed, it was gone. Before Luka could say anything, Miku had a look of determination. "I want to see Santa."
It took a couple of seconds for Luka to see how serious Miku was. Then it took everything for her to keep a straight face. "Uhhhmmm," Luka took a long blink, only to open and see the same face on Miku. "Okay, okay. Fine, Miku. I'll take you to see the old man."
"You WHAT?! Luka, you know we can't bring back outsiders," Lily scolded. "Why would you even invite a girl you've known for 5 minutes?!"
"Lily, shhhh," Luka pulled Lily away from Miku. They were all standing on Miku's roof. "I know but you should've seen her face. She was so cute and serious and-"
"Hold on, Luka," Lily interrupted, putting up a hand. "Do you already have a crush on the girl?"
"Wha-no!" Luka waved her hands across her face. "I got everything planned out. Once I let her meet the old man, I'll bring her back here and give her the cookies that I threw memory lost dust on."
Lily eyed Luka suspiciously. The blush on Luka's face did not go unnoticed when she mentioned about the crush. Lily glanced over at the shivering tealette. She was cute enough for Luka to comply to whatever she said. "I'm surprised a girl like isn't into all the boy bands and vampire movies nowadays."
"I know right!" Luka said, agreeing completely. The both of them had delivered way too many of those things tonight. And they were only in charge of a small, random city. "So are you in?"
"Yeah, I guess so," Lily sighed. She saw Luka smile and rush to Miku to tell her the news. Lily was just going to go along with this. The problem at hand was not getting Santa himself angry for the fact his two biggest troublemakers brought in an outsider.
Dang it. This means we're going to have to help him again next year.
So I kinda didn't want to start a new story but I was weak and the Christmas overtook me. XD At work, the same Christmas songs keep playing over and over and soon I start listening to the actual lyrics and all I could think was Luka and Miku. But I finally got something done about it and wrote this. Short, yes. I originally planned this to be a oneshot but soon I realized I suck at writing oneshots XD
Oh if you guys can help about the genre of this story, that would be much appreciated :)
Forgive me for any mistakes.