AR: Finding that special gift for someone may end up……
Chiya: Um, AR-san?…..
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"Yes Chiya?" AR asked.
"Um I have a question….. Back in Chiyo's tale, you said that she went back to bed after the robbers were taken away." Chiya said.
"That's right." AR responded.
"But in Wada and Matsuda's tale, you had Matsuda see the robbers taken away as she was reaching Chiyo's house… that seems to cause a continuity problem." Chiya explained.
"Damn she's smart." AR thought.
"Also, In Wada and Matsuda's tale you gave Matsuda's sister two different names." Chiya explained. "And then there's this.... Kentaro?"
"Hah AR made a goof up." Tami said as she started to laugh.
AR cleared his throat. "I have a simple explanation for everything." he said. "All this was caused by…. THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS!!!!!" he said as he waved his arms and sweat dropped at the weak answer he gave.
The Azu-Orphans just stared at him. "OHHHHHH!" They said in unison.
Gram Gram just sighed. "Christmas magic indeed." she whispered to AR.
"Hey, I was desperate." AR whispered back as he decided to continue with the next tale….
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Azumanga Daioh Is Not Mine It Belongs To Kiyohiko Azuma
New Azumanga Christmas Tales
By Anime Rebirth
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AR: Finding that special gift for someone may end up being very problematic if you wait until the last minute….
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(Yukari and Minamo's Tale)
(One Month Ago………)
Yukari and Minamo were at Minamo's apartment as they were watching TV.
"Christmas may still be a month away, but people are getting ready for the holiday shopping season." The reporter on a news program said. "One item in particular that is expected to be this season's hottest thing may be the Sherry Porter figure based on a series of popular books about a young girl who is training to be a warlock."
"Wait, isn't a boy supposed to be a warlock and a girl a witch?" Minamo asked.
"Who cares." Yukari responded. "All I know is that I'm supposed to get one of those bratty dolls for Yuka."
"Yeah, Miruchi wants one as well." I suppose I should head down to the toy store and get one.
"Relax, we've got a whole month to do it." Yukari explained. "So don't worry about it, they'll be plenty of them to spare."
"Well you can take your chances if you want, but I'm not the one that's going to have to deal with a heartbroken Yuka if she doesn't get that figure.
And with that…. Minamo left.
"Such a little miss perfect." Yukari thought. "You'll see, I won't wait until the last minute…"
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(Two Days Before Christmas……..)
"HOW THE HELL DID THE MONTH GO BY SO FAST!!!!" Yukari thought as she was rushing towards the nearest toy store." If Nyamo finds out, she's never gonna let me live this down… of course there's the love letter… NEVER MIND THAT, I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE WRATH OF MY SISTER FOR DISAPOINTING YUKA!!!!!"
As she went inside the toy store, she rushed to the first sales person she could find…
"Excuse me…" Yukari said as she was gasping for air." Do you have any Sherry Porter Figures?"
The sales person just stared at her. "Your kidding right?" she asked.
"No I really need to get one." Yukari responded.
It was at that point that the salesperson started to laugh. "Lady, that is probably the hottest toy in history, they sell out as soon as we put them up."
"So is that a no?" Yukari asked in a confused tone.
"If you manage to find one, then consider it a Christmas miracle." The salesperson responded.
Yukari then grabbed the salesperson by her collar." LOOK HERE YOU LITTLE WITCH, I WANT ONE OF THOSE FIGURES AND I WANT IT NOW!!!!!"
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A few seconds later, we see the doors to the toy store open and Yukari is thrown out.
She quickly stood up. "I'LL NEVER BUY HERE AGAIN EVER!!!!" She screamed. "Well, not until the new games come out." She said softly as she left.
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As she was walking down the sidewalk Yukari noticed a huge group of people standing in front of another toy store.
"What's going on here?" she asked.
"They have 10 Sherry Porter figures in stock." A Woman responded.
"Yeah, as soon as those doors open, I'm gonna get one of them even if I have punch my way in." Another man responded.
"Lucky." Yukari thought as she joined the crowd. It was then that she felt somebody shove her. "HEY WATCH IT!!!!" she screamed.
"Sorry." A voice said… a voice that Yukari recognized too well.
"Nyamo?" Yukari asked in a surprised tone. "What are you doing here?… Wait don't tell me, the great Nyamo Kurosawa waited until the last minute to buy a Sherry Porter figure as well."
"No, I did get one." Minamo responded. "But you see….. I went to a local hospital to donate some toys and I … I… "
"You accidentally donated the Sherry Porter figure didn't you." Yukari finished as she smirked.
"Yes, I didn't realize it until I got back to my apartment, and I didn't have the heart to take it back, so here I am desperately looking for one." Minamo explained.
"Well good luck, because I intend to do whatever it takes to get one." Yukari warned.
"So will I." Minamo said as she got into a starters stance as if she was about to start a big race.
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"Well here we go." A salesperson said as he was about to open the door. "INCOMING!!!!!" he yelled as he quickly unlocked the door and jumped out of the way as the crazed shoppers rushed in frantically.
"IT'S MINE!!!!!" Yukari yelled as she grabbed a woman and shoved her to the ground.
"NOT IF I GET THERE FIRST!!!!" Minamo screamed as she jumped onto a man's back and managed to leap over him.
As the duo reached the shelf where the figures were they saw that they were being snatched one by one until only one remained.
"DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT NYAMO!!!!!" Yukari warned.
"TOO LATE YUKARI!!!" Minamo yelled as they both jumped at the same time to try and grab it.
Unfortunately they felt someone jump on their back as if they were stairs and managed to get ahead of them and grab the figure.
"I GOT IT I GOT IT!!!!" And old woman said as she rushed off.
Yukari and Minamo landed on the floor and then stared at the old woman who was already paying for the figure at the counter.
"Wow, fast old lady." Yukari said.
"No kidding." Minamo agreed.
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The two teachers were sitting on a bench at a bus stop trying to figure what to do next.
"You know Nyamo, I've never seen you that rough since your college days." Yukari said.
"I must've looked like an idiot." Minamo said as she blushed.
"Yep you sure did." Yukari said as she got a smirk look on her face.
"Don't agree with me." Minamo said as she sighed.
"Come on let's go get a drink." Yukari suggested.
"Let me guess, my treat?" Minamo asked.
"Of course, you don't think I'd use my yen right now, I need it in case I find that stupid figure." Yukari responded.
"Whatever, let's just go." Minamo said as they headed to a nearby bar.
But before they could reach the bar, they noticed somebody who was selling toys at a street corner.
"NYAMO LOOK, HE'S GOT THAT PORTER FIGURE!!!!!" Yukari screamed.
"They're probably knockoffs." Minamo explained.
"Who cares, Yuka and Miruchi probably won't be able to tell the difference." Yukari said as her eyes grew wide just staring at the fake figures.
"I don't know." Minamo responded as she scratched her head.
Yukari turned to the man selling the toys. "How much for those Sherry Porter figures?" she asked.
"Oh so you really need them huh?" The man asked in a mischievous tone.
"Yes, how much?" Yukari said as she just kept staring at the figures.
"For you two…. 4650 yen." he responded.
"Well that doesn't sound so bad for two figures." Minamo said.
"No for each." The man explained.
"WHAT, THAT'S HIGWAY ROBBERY!!!!!" Yukari said as she clenched her fists.
"Well tell me this?" The man started. "I'll bet that the disappointed look on those two kids you're buying these for will haunt you for some time to come."
Minamo got a sad look on her face. "Yukari, I can't deal with that." she finally said.
"Forget it Nyamo, you were right, this is not a good idea, besides, I wanted use whatever money I had to buy me some saki later."
"WAIT YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE ME PAY FOR THE DRINKS AND YOU WERE GONNA BUY SOME SAKI LATER?!!!" Minamo screamed.
"What, it's not that big of a deal." Yukari said.
"Not…that…?" Minamo said as she sighed.
"So are you two buying them or not?" The man asked in an annoyed tone.
Yukari and Minamo just stared at each other.
"Fine, we'll take them." Yukari said as she opened her purse.
"It still feels wrong, but I guess we have no choice. " Minamo said as she was about to open her purse as well.
"You have made a good decision." The man said as he was about to take the yen.
"THAT'S HIM OFFICER!!!!" A woman's voice was heard as she came up along with a policeman. "HE SOLD ME A DEFECTIVE PIECE OF JUNK!!!!!"
"Jikan, I've already told you, you can't be selling out here without a license." The officer said.
Obliviously it wasn't the first time that Jikan, as the vendor was now know as was warned. "But officer, I'm doing these people a good service by supplying them with the latest thing."
"They're overpriced." The officer responded as he grabbed one of the figures and shook it, causing it to fall apart. "And they're defective."
Yukari and Minamo just stared at each other. "Let's beat it." Yukari said.
"Agreed." Minamo said as she sighed and they walked of.
"Come again." Jikan said.
"I don't think that's going to happen." The officer said as he took out his cuffs.
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And so once again, Yukari and Minamo were out of luck until…….
"LADIES AND GENTELMEN, WE HAVE SHERRY PORTER FIGURES IN STOCK!!!!!" A voice on a loudspeaker said.
Yukari and Minamo saw that indeed a store nearby did in fact have the hot item on display.
A man slowly walked out of the store. "Now I know that you're here because you waited too long to get this valuable toy, so I'll be happy to sell it to you… for three times the going rate."
"WHAT!!!!!!" Yukari yelled. "That's…. not fair."
"All is fair when you want to make a profit." The man responded. "So I only have 20 of them, but as to not to cause a riot, I have this idea." He rolled out a machine that had numbers in it. "We'll do this lottery style. Each of you will buy a ticket….."
"Did you say buy?" Minamo asked.
"That's right for 900 yen, you will have a chance to see if you get a matching number and the chance to purchase a Sherry Porter doll."
"You mean we gotta pay to have a chance?" Yukari asked.
"I believe he made that clear Yukari." Minamo said as she sweat dropped.
"So what do you say…?" The man asked as he gave a small grin.
"EVERY SHOPPER FOR THEMSELVES!!!!" Yukari screamed as she as well as the rest of the crowd rushed in.
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It was mayhem as Yukari managed to reach and grab a figure.
"HA GOT ONE!!!!" she screamed.
It was then that she felt someone else grab it. "WHAT IN THE HECK?!!!!" Yukari screamed.
"I NEED IT!!!!" Minamo screamed.
"Hey what happened to that kind considerate Nyamo that I know so well?" Yukari asked.
"SHE'S ON BREAK, NOW HANDS OFF!!!" Minamo screamed.
"NO WAY I GOT IT FIRST!!!!" Yukari yelled back as the two teachers started to pull the box back and forth until they felt someone else grab it and run off.
"Too slow my dears." The same old woman they had seen earlier that day said as she rushed off.
"It's…the same old woman." Yukari said.
"You gotta admit, she sure looks healthy for her age." Minamo agreed.
"YO GRANDMA, LET GO OF THAT PACKAGE!!!" Yukari screamed as she chased the old woman.
"Will I really go so low as to go after an old woman." Minamo thought. "YOUR GOING DOWN YOU OLD HAG!!!!" Minamo screamed as she appeared to have answered her own question.
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The old woman had left the store with the figure that she purchased and ran down the sidewalk, soon Yukari and Minamo were out of the store and chasing her down.
"NOT SO FAST YUKARI!!!!!" Minamo screamed as she grabbed Yukari's hair which caused her to fall down.
"NYAMO YOU LITTLE… B… (AR: Oops almost made a goof up there) …. WITCH!!!!" Yukari screamed.
Yukari quickly stood up and saw a vendor selling several toys, she quickly noticed a bag of marbles and grabbed it. "Turnabout is fair play my dear Nyamo." Yukari thought as she opened the bag and threw the marbles towards Minamo.
Minamo tripped on the marbles. "ACK!!!!" She screamed as she landed on her buttocks.
"Remain seated students." Yukari mocked as she ran by Minamo, but the PE teacher grabbed Yukari by the ankle causing the English teacher to fall down.
"OH THAT'S IT, IT'S ON!!!!!" Yukari screamed.
"BRING IT!!!!!" Minamo screamed as the two of them got in a scuffle as dust flew around them as they fought.
"What are they doing Mommy?" A little boy asked her mother.
"You'll understand when your grown up and have to buy presents for your children." The mother responded.
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Some time later, with the old woman no where to be seen, Yukari and Minamo sat on a bench in a park.
"I'm starting to think if this is even worth it." Yukari thought.
"Me too, I mean, even if we do manage to find one, Yuka and Miruchi would probably grow tired of those figures anyway." Minamo added.
It was then that they noticed people gathered in the middle of the park.
"Let me guess…. Another chance to get the Sherry Porter figure." Yukari said as she sighed.
"I don't think so look." Minamo said as they decided to go and see what it was.
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"A Christmas Karaoke contest… out here?" Yukari asked in a confused tone.
"Well we do need to calm down after the day we had." Minamo told her. "Come on lets do it."
"Forget it." Yukari said. "You do it if you want to, I'll just go and sit back at the bench." Yukari responded as she headed back to sit down.
"Suit yourself." Minamo said as she signed up for the contest.
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It was finally Minamo's turn. As she made her way to the small stage that was set up, she managed to see a groggy Yukari give her a thumbs up.
"Hello everyone, My name is Minamo Kurosawa and I would like to perform this Christmas classic." Minamo then began to sing…
(Song Starts Last Christmas)
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
"That's my favorite song." Yukari thought as she continued to watch.
Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance
But you still catch my eye
Tell me baby
Do you recognize me?
Well
it's been a year
It doesn't surprise me
"Merry Christmas"
I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying "I love you"
I meant it
Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you kissed me now
I know you'd fool me again
As Yukari continued to watch Minamo sing, she felt a small smile form on her face. "I like Wham!" she thought
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
ooooo
oh oh baby
A crowded room
Friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you
And your soul of ice
My god I thought you were
Someone to rely on
Me?
I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover but you tore me apart
oh oh
Now I've found a real love you'll never fool me again
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
SPECIALLLLLL
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart ( Gave you my heart)
A man under cover but you tore me apart
Maybe, Next year I'll give it to someone
I'll give it to someone special.
special.
As the music ended everyone cheered at Minamo's performance.
A short black haired woman walked up. "That was a magnificent performance." she said.
Minamo's eyes went wide. "You're Aya Hisakawa the famous seiyū." she said in an excited tone.
"Yes, and I am so happy to have gotten to see you perform." Aya responded. "And I guess we can all agree that you were the best performer we've had so I declare you the winner." she said as everyone in the crowd cheered in agreement. "And now here's your prize."
Minamo looked at what Aya was about to hand to her. "Is that…. That?"
"Yes." Aya responded. "A Deluxe Sherry Porter figure."
Yukari quickly stood up from the bench. "WHAT?!!" she screamed. "AFTER ALL THAT I WENT THOUGH YOU'RE JUST GONNA GIVE ONE TO HER?!!!" Yukari then ran onto the stage and grabbed the figure.
"Let it go Yukari, I won it fair and square." Minamo warned.
"Yeah, but you used my favorite Christmas song of all time." Yukari responded. "So I figure it should really go to me." Yukari responded.
"You'd better give it back or….." Minamo said as she clenched her fists.
"FORGET IT!!!!!" Yukari responded as she was about to run off, but Minamo managed to tackle her causing the figure to fly up in the air.
"I GOT IT!!!!" Minamo yelled.
"IN YOUR DREAMS NYAMO!!!!" Yukari responded as the figure started to come down.
But before it could reach either of them…..
The same old woman from before…..
Got in between them, grabbed the figure and ran off laughing.
"LOSERS!!!!" she screamed at the two teachers before she left the park.
Minamo and Yukari just sat there without showing any emotion.
"Are you two okay?" Aya asked.
Then, without warning the two teachers started to cry.
"ALL WE WANT WAS TO GET OUR NIECES A SHERRY PORTER FIGURE!!!" Yukari screamed as she continued to cry.
"IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR?!!!!" Minamo said as she continued to cry as well.
Everyone in the crowd just look at each other.
"Man, they look so pathetic." One man said.
"Yeah, they're embarrassing themselves." a woman said.
Aya just patted the two teachers on the back. "I'm happy that you went though so much trouble for your nieces, but why did you two wait until the last minute?" she asked.
"Well actually." Minamo started as she sniffed. "I had bought one earlier, but I accidentally donated it to the children's hospital downtown."
"You did didn't you?" Yukari asked as she rushed off.
"She wouldn't?" Aya asked.
"You don't know Yukari." Minamo said as she chased after her.
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"YUKARI YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY BE THINKING OF STEALING THAT FIGURE FROM THE CHILD WHO RECEIVED IT?!!!!" Minamo screamed.
"I'M DESPERATE NYAMO!!!" Yukari screamed back.
"Yukari….. Please, even you can't be this heartless on Christmas Day." Minamo said with tears in her eyes.
Yukari stopped in her tracks. "You're right." she said as she sighed. "I don't know what got into me."
"Come on, let's go find them something else, if they love us, they won't get upset." Minamo said as she smiled.
As they were about to walk off, Yukari placed her arm on Minamo's shoulder. "By the way Nyamo, it's not Christmas day, it's still two days away."
"Hey I was desperate." Minamo said as she smirked.
"Pretty sneaky, Nyamo, pretty sneaky." Yukari said as she smirked back.
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(Christmas Day)
The Tanazaki and Kurosawa families decided to get together at the Kurosawa residence.
"So little sister, it seems that you failed to get my Yuka her Sherry Porter figure." Yukari's sister Yuriko said. "I'm not really surprised."
"That's right big sister." Minamo's sister Emerald added.
"Hey I did get it, I just…." Minamo started.
"Accidentally donated it to the hospital." Emerald finished. "A likely story, just admit you forgot to buy it okay?"
"But?" Minamo started.
"Okay then." Emerald finished without letting Minamo explain.
"Look sweetheart." Yuriko told Yuka as she handed her a present.
"Thank you mommy." Yuka said as she opened it. "WOW A SHERRY PORTER FIGURE!!!" she screamed which caused Yukari's jaw to drop.
"But how did you….?" Yukari asked.
"I had it since the first moment I asked you to get one, I'd knew you'd probably wait until the last minute…. Had fun searching." Yuriko said as she laughed.
"Um..yeah." Yukari said in an annoyed tone.
"Oh look at what you aunt Emerald has for you Miruchi." Emerald said as she handed her a present as well.
"COOL I GOT A SHERRY PORTER FIGURE TOO!!!!" Miruchi screamed.
"WHAT THE….?" Minamo screamed.
"I'd knew you'd fail." Emerald said as she crouched and disguised her voice. "And I made sure of it dears." she finished as she laughed.
"THAT WAS YOU?" Yukari said as she clenched her fists. "I'M GONNA!!!!!"
"You're gonna what?" Yuriko said as she gave Yukari an evil glare.
"I'm gonna go sit down and be quiet." Yukari said as she took a seat on the couch.
Minamo sat down next to Yukari. "So Yukari, I see we went though a lot of hell for nothing."
"It's not over yet." Yukari said as she gave an evil smile.
Minamo joined her with an evil smile of her own. "I know."
"Well that appears to be all the presents." Yuriko said.
"Wait we want to give Yuka and Miruchi their gift from us." Minamo said.
"There is nothing that can top the gifts we gave them." Emerald said.
"That's right." Yuriko agreed.
"Oh." Yukari said as she stood up. "My dear sister, I'll bet you a steak dinner that we got something they will never forget."
At that moment there was a knock on the door.
"Looks like our gift to you is here." Minamo said as she opened the door and a young blond haired woman walked in.
"I don't believe it, it's… it's.." Yuka started.
"DANIELA RADPEAK, THE ACTRESS WHO PLAYS SHERRY PORTER IN THE MOVIES!!!!!" Miruchi finished as they each dropped their figures on the floor and ran up to her.
"So you two must be my biggest fans?" Daniela said as she smiled at the two little girls.
"Wait… how did you?" Yuriko started.
"Well, after 'granny' here took the last figure from us we were about to go look for a different present for them." Yukari started.
"It was then that Aya Hisakawa the seiyū who hosted a karaoke contest at the park where I performed earlier, walked up to us and was curious how we found ourselves in the situation we were currently in." Minamo continued.
"Luckily, she said she knew her personally because they had done a commercial together recently and became good friends, so she called her up and asked if she would come here to spend some time with Yuka and Miruchi." Yukari finished.
"AWSOME!!!" Miruchi said as she hugged Minamo. "YOU'RE THE BEST AUNT EVER!!!!"
"NO WAY MY AUNT YUKARI IS THE BEST AUNT EVER!!!" Yuka said as she hugged Yukari.
"I said Aunt Nyamo is." Miruchi is.
"No Aunt Yukari." Yuka responded.
It was then that they got into a heated argument.
"Um, is this normal?" Daniela asked.
"For this group of people….it is." Minamo said as she sweat dropped.
"By the way Daniela I've got one question?" Yukari asked.
"Yes?" Daniela asked.
Yukari just leaned over to her…..
"How exactly can a girl train to be a warlock?" she asked in a confused tone.
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And there you have it, sorry for the long wait, I hope you like this episode, it was real fun to write.
I read the reviews about the continuity error I had made as well as the name errors in Matsuda's and Wada's tale, but instead of correcting the errors I thought I'd have a little fun with it by having Chiya tell me the mistake I made and my lame "CHRISTMAS MAGIC" answer. Lol
Also you die hard Azu-fans should know who Aya Hisakawa is ^_~
One More Thing "Last Christmas" is a song that was originally performed by Wham back in 1984 and has seen a lot versions of it since then. I used this song back in "Azumanga Christmas Tales" Yukari and Minamo's Tale" I had written a while back so I used it again as a little tribute. ^_~
Well, the final two tales that are coming up are going to be special because they are based on some dreams I had.
Also I decided to post them on consecutive days….
THE BONUKARA'S TALE WILL BE POSTED ON CHRISTMAS EVE….
AND…
KAORIN'S TALE WILL BE POSTED ON CHRISTMAS DAY… (This one is the most special thing I have ever written)
So until then, take care and HAVE A MERRY CHIRSTMAS…..AR
'TILL NEXT TIME!!!!!!
