A Digimon Christmas
Chapter 2
Kaori sat across from both Impmons as they wolfed down their stews. She rubbed her head in though and looked up at the Impmon who was not her partner. "So… You really don't understand what Christmas is?"
He rose and shook his head. "I haven't got a clue."
"Well, then you're in for a surprise. I'll sum it up for you. Christmas is the season of giving. We all come together and spend our time with one another. People sing and people have fun as they play in the snow. Children wait patiently as Santa comes to give them presents on Christmas Eve…"
"Who's Santa?"
Kaori smiled. "He's a jolly, fat man who flies around the world on a magic slay. He comes into your house on Christmas night and if you've been good he leaves you presents."
"he sounds like a burglar to me. But the opposite kind where they leave things instead of taking them."
Kaori laughed. "I suppose that you could look at it that way. But children tend to overlook that factor and are good so that they can get their gifts on Christmas morning."
Her partner finished his stew and stared at her. "Do you think I've been good enough?"
"Impy, I think that saving the world from Digimon over and over is good enough to make Santa's nice list."
"What about me?"
"You too Impmon."
They both smiled and licked their bowls clean. Kaori paid the bill and walked into the cold of a winter's night with both Digimon in her arms. Their bellies were full and their eyes were closed. They were tired and so she carried them home to her house. Usually she would have left Impmon off at Ai and Makoto's house for they were his tamers but she figured they would be asleep and so took home both Digimon.
When she reached her home she slipped inside and crept past her parents room. It felt so good to be home again with them. Especially for Christmas.
She walked past her twin brother, Kiromu's, bedroom and slunk into her own. She lay the two Digimon on her bed and slipped the blankets over their bodies. Kaori smiled and lay down next to them.
A quiet sleep came for all three.
In the morning Impmon woke up. Impy and Kaori were still sleeping, Impy under her arm, and so he left the room without a word. He felt a little guilty for having fallen asleep. Kaori must have carried him all the way home.
He walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. He located the bread and the eggs with ease. Impmon put the bread in the toaster and put the eggs in a pan, making sure not to get the shells. He could not reach the stove and so ignited a flame on his fingertip. He made poached eggs for breakfast and finished the preparations just as Kiromu walked down the stairs.
For a moment they were both silent. Kiromu had never really trusted Digimon after Impy and his sister had left for all those years. He didn't much care for the little creatures at all. But he could mask his repute of them.
"I… uhh… Made breakfast…"
Kiromu stared at the food and sat down. He gobbled it down fast and went back upstairs. Impmon gave his back a hard stare. Ungrateful human. I'm not the one that took Kaori away… Why does he have to hate me? He sighed and ate some toast as Kaori walked down with Impy.
"Oh wow Impmon. You made breakfast?"
He nodded. "I'm more than just looks you know…"
After two minutes or so Kaori's parents joined them. Her parents like Impy and Impmon. They did not mind Digimon at all. Kaori's sister smiled and hugged Impy with pleasure. She then turned her attention back to her own Digimon, Gatomon, and hugged her in turn. Tatsuki had received her own Digimon not long after Kaori returned to the human world.
The snow had fallen heavily that night.
Impmon walked out into it and waved goodbye to Kaori and Impy. He strolled down the street with his legs jutting out in front of him as he walked and his hand behind his head. Christmas huh? A human holiday. The only one I've seen is Halloween. Is Christmas about the same thing? It doesn't look the same…
He looked around and spotted people singing out in front of a house. They were singing a carol of some sort, he wasn't sure what it was called. There was a family at the window of the house looking out at the carolers. They smiled and sang along quietly with them.
Christmas looks way different from Halloween. People are happy and they're all singing instead of scaring. They have on costumes but they're red and full of happiness…
Impmon looked down the street to a fat man win boots with a beard. He had a pot next to him and people put in money as he rang a bell. Kaori had told him that they were men who worked for the real Santa. They help him to save the poor and bring them joy as well.
Christmas… What an awkward holiday. They've all got smiles and they're all cheering with joy. Impmon felt a tingling inside of himself. I feel so weird. I feel slightly happier. Is it because of all of this?
He continued in his walk down the street. He was going back home to Ai and Makato. He'd see this this from their point of view. Christmas… I still don't get it…
