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This is the end of the Christmas themed story. Review and tell me which you would like next!

Merry Christmas Naru!

~Christmas Part Four~

"Naru come with me." The ghost rasped. Naru just stared at it. Its dark black cloak covered its face. The voice was eerily familiar but he couldn't place it. The ghost floated towards him and grabbed him by the collar. "Don't make me bring Joanna out here."

Naru nodded mutely and followed the Ghost of Christmas Future out the door and into the street. Naru suddenly dropped. A black tunnel formed underneath his feet. A roaring sound reverberated around him and the ghost. Suddenly the ground reappeared. The landed in a park decorated with christmas lights.

"Is this the future?" Naru asked still dizzy from the dropping feeling.

"No." The ghost replied. "It's the past. See, I decided that the future was so overrated so I took you back again."

Naru glared at him for using sarcasm.

"Of course it's the future you idiot." The ghost grabbed his arm and lead him to the same restaurant he'd visited Mai in.

They peered in. Mai was sitting at a table with a man who looked like he was her husband.

"Who is that?" Naru growled. The man had black hair and she seemed amused from whatever he had said.

"Her husband." The ghost answered.

"Who-"

The ghost cut him off. "I cannot answer questions." He paused. "Oliver Davis."

Naru mustered the most fierce glare he'd ever used. "I demand to know who Mai is married to!"

"Come with me."

Naru stared at him in disbelief. "Why?"

"Because I said so. Now follow. I will show you the rest of your team's fate all because you didn't help with Christmas."

Naru raised his eyebrows. "It can't be that bad."

.xXx.

Masako was first. She had left the kimono behind and was wearing one of the most ridiculously expensive outfits he'd ever seen. They had sat down on the bed in her room but not before Naru had tripped over almost everything creating so much noise that even Mai would have woken up from.

"How did she pay for that?" Naru asked.

"She gave up on you and so she decided get into some other things....."

Masako wore a dress that was cut low, it was a dark green color with pearls and diamonds stitched on the waist.

"She's a very successful medium still but now she's a scam artist as well."

Naru gaped at her. "What does that have to do with me and Christmas?"

"Nothing. I just felt like showing you what you did on your own."

.xXx.

They went through that blasted tunnel again and landed in front of, what Naru recognized was where Lin's house used to be, a vacant lot.

"Where's Lin's house?" Naru asked. "Where's Lin?"

He moved around the fallen trees and looked over into what used to be his backyard.

"After Christmas your bad attitude got worse and as a result your business failed. Lin couldn't pay his rent. I think now he's living under some bridge just south of here."

"Are you serious?" Naru asked.

"Very." The ghost drifted further away. "Hurry, we can walk to our next destination."

They approached a large open field. Naru quickly recognized it as a cemetery.

"Who is dead?" Naru asked wearily.

"Houshou Takigawa." The ghost drifted towards a tombstone. "He died in a car accident after you took down all of the decorations. He was in a hurry to get Mai a present and say it was from you. Just to be nice."

Naru frowned. "That's-that's-"

"Awful?" The ghost grumbled. "Of course it is. It's all your fault."

"I was going to say stupid but awful fits too."

The comment received a glare from the ghost. "This is why you're here in the first place."

Naru did, in fact, feel guilty. He was just hiding it. Really well.

The ghost opened up the portal again and this time they landed in a hospital. Ayako lay unconscious on a bed.

"Great." Naru muttered. "What's wrong with her?"

The ghost delivered another glare. "She was in the car with Houshou."

Naru felt a pang of guilt. "I hate this. Can I go home now?"

"No. Come on, we still have to see two more people."

.xXx.

The next person was John Brown. John no longer lived in Japan. He had returned to Australia and had completely cut off communication from Naru after Houshou had died. John was still a priest and his life seemed relatively normal. That is, until, the ghost of Christmas Future told Naru that future-him had gotten him a gift that had turned out to be illegal. Lovely. Their final stop was with Yasuhara.

"Where are we?" Naru asked. It was pitch-black and Naru could barely see his hand in front of his face.

"Jail."

"You're kidding me."

"Nope."

They paused in front a jail cell and heard maniacal laughing. Naru peered in closer. He saw Yasu sitting on his cot rocking back and forth.

"Is he crazy?" He asked.

"What gave it away?" The ghost said sarcastically. "The laughing or the rocking back and forth?"

Naru glared at him again.

"He witness Houshou die. Ayako was unconscious at the time."

"That doesn't deserve a jail sentence."

"True. He also tried to kill you so-"

Naru took a couple steps back. "Um-"

Naru was close to tears. He wouldn't cry of course but it still hurt. Mai was married to some guy he didn't know, Masako was a scam artist, Ayako was in a comatose state, Houshou was dead, Yasu was insane, Lin was homeless, and John had shunned him. He remembered that this was the future, he could change it right?

"I don't want this." Naru said miserably. "I don't want this to be my future!"

The ghost looked satisfied. "I think you can change it. If you really tried."

Naru nodded earnestly. "Anything. I'll even get them all presents, decorate things, anything but lose them all."

He couldn't believe that had just come out of his mouth. At least none of them were there to witness that comment.

"You should act that way around them. I'm sure they'd appreciate it."

Naru shook his head. He was that crazy.

"I expect things from you Noll. Tomorrow will be your judgement day."

They reappeared in the office. The clock began moving again and Naru let out a sigh of relief. It was finally over.

"Can you guess who I am?" The ghost asked.

Naru stared at him for a minute or two. "No. Who are you?"

The ghost pulled back the hood of his cloak. The face smiling back at Naru was almost identical to Naru's. Eugene Davis stood in front of his brother grinning like crazy.

"See little brother, just because I'm your twin doesn't mean you can always recognize me."

Naru's face turned bright red. "You're the ghost of Christmas Future?!"

"Yes. The original ghost of Christmas Future took a vacation this weekend so I volunteered."

Naru was mad now. "You can volunteer for things like that?"

Gene's face was serious again. "I wasn't kidding when I showed you the future and your judgement day really is tomorrow."

Naru sighed. "Alright."

And with that Eugene Davis disappeared, still grinning like an idiot, in Naru's opinion.

.xXx.

Mai cracked the door open expecting the entire office to be dark again. And was it? Yes it was. Mai sighed and opened the door. The rest of the team followed her in. Their looks of dismay was evident on their faces.

"Naru?" Mai called.

A large black folding wall stood in front of the rest of the office. Naru yanked it back so his face would show.

"What is it?" He snapped. "Have you come to celebrate that idiotic holiday here?"

Mai frowned. "It isn't idiotic."

He received glares from everyone in the room.

"I agree." He said breaking out into a smile, surprising everyone.

He pulled back the rest of the folding wall to reveal Christmas decorations and a huge tree in the middle.

"Merry Christmas."

Mai and the others were as surprised as ever. They ran over to the tree and picked presents out from underneath.

Lin got a new keyboard (and a paycheck just in case), Masako got a new comb for her hair, Ayako got pearl earrings, Monk-san got an invitation for him and his band to go perform in concert, John got money for the church, and Mai got a beautiful necklace with a diamond on it. She pulled Naru to the side.

"You didn't have to do this." She said softly.

"I know." Naru said sweetly. He looked up and mistletoe was beginning to grow. Mai looked up as well. She turned bright red, much to Naru's amusement.

Naru leaned in, as if to kiss her but stopped inches from her face. He leaned in and whispered in her ear: "Merry Christmas Mai."

He smiled and pulled back.

"Hey!!" She yelled. "Jerk!"

He smiled at her, knowing that she was his. At least for a little while.

~Fin~

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In the restaurant in the future:

Mai sat across from her husband.

"Remember that one Christmas you pretended to have taken the decorations down?"

Her husband grinned. "I do."

"Why did you have a black eye that day?"

"I got beat up."

"By who?" She asked, shocked.

"A five year old."

She snickered, then the snickering turned into laughing. "Naru that's hilarious!"

Her husband smiled at her. Oliver Davis was a very happy man.

"Ayako, Monk-san, John, Yasu, Masako, and Lin you made it!" Mai shook her gaze off of her husband to greet her friends.

All's well that ends well.