DGG: Hi, everyone! I hope you're all having (or have had) a Merry Christmas! It's that time! The end of my series of random one-shots. It's been a fun and difficult process. For the most part I had to write one story a day, then post it, which is something I typically don't do anymore. It was challenging but fun. So thanks for reading, following, favoriting, and reviewing!


It was Christmas day, and the sight around him still seemed pretty surreal to the spiky-haired duelist. Here he was at his greatest rival's home celebrating Christmas with all his friends! Mokuba, of course, was the one that invited them; however, Yugi knew that Kaiba didn't truly care for extra people in his home, despite how big the place was. It was astonishing to the duel king how much had changed since they all graduated high school.

Seto Kaiba still wanted to be the best; however, he mellowed out a bit since becoming a father when he was nearly twenty-one. The event was unintentional, but becoming a father seemed to do wonders for the CEO. That was seven years ago now, and like his little brother, Kaiba would do anything for those girls. They were his three little blue-eyed treasures, and he cherished his little ones with all his heart. They were three, happy, bright-eyed little girls that were always surrounded with a lot of love and guidance. Perhaps a little spoiled at times, but they were the daughters of Seto Kaiba, and he felt they deserved the best.

Mokuba and Serenity had gotten married one year ago, becoming pregnant only three months after. The two had a daughter the following September, and her three older cousins positively adored her. The newest addition to the Kaiba family made quite the haul for her first Christmas: toys, clothes, books, movies, and ornaments, most of which were given to her by her cousins and her uncle Seto.

Joey and Mai were over as well, much to Kaiba's chagrin. Mai he didn't mind, it was Joey he wished would leave. While Kaiba could semi-respect Joey as a duelist now, Kaiba still felt that Joey was a downright idiot. The two still couldn't truly get along; however, the two now shared a niece, and the two agreed that they would ignore each other to the best of their abilities when in the same, general vicinity. It was better than them bitterly arguing with one another. Joey was quite the doting uncle as he attempted to hog the baby girl; however, Kaiba's daughters were making it difficult for the blonde duelist as they appeared quite over-protective of the baby. But Mokuba's and Serenity's daughter wasn't the only baby being fawned over today.

Téa and Yugi recently had another baby as well, their second daughter, born about almost a month after Mokuba's and Serenity's daughter. Their oldest daughter, now four, was happily running around the room attempting to get everyone to pay even more attention to her baby sister. Yugi's grandpa, who was there as well, was doing quite a good job of showering his newest great-granddaughter with multitudes of affection. Anyone else who wanted to hold Yugi's newborn had to nearly fight his grandfather for her. The man refused to let her out of his grasp.

Tristan was there as well enjoying the Christmas holiday among friends. He had actually helped Yugi's grandpa out at the game shop for quite a few years now. The duelist helped out when he could, but with him residing in New York with Téa and his daughters most of the time, it made it difficult for him to keep an eye on his aging grandfather. Tristan volunteered to work at the game shop with him, and he'd actually taken a bit of a shine to it. It wasn't his first career choice, but he certainly seemed to enjoy helping customers find the games they wanted.

If someone had told Yugi his freshman year of high school, or even his senior year of high school, that he would one day have the woman of his dreams along with two beautiful baby daughters, and that they would all be invited to the Kaiba mansion at Christmas time, he would have told that person they were crazy. Kaiba allowing him, of all people, to come into his home? That was absurd. They were huge rivals back then. The only reason Kaiba would invite him anywhere would be to duel. But here they were nearly a decade out of high school sitting comfortably in the large Kaiba abode. And while Kaiba still wouldn't necessarily invite Yugi over strictly as friends, the king of games felt that Kaiba considered Yugi more of a friend than he did when they were teenagers.

Mokuba had started this Christmas tradition long ago, actually. He invited everyone over for Christmas starting the year his nieces were born, and so Yugi and the gang had been invited back every year with Kaiba seeming to mind their presence less and less each time. It was amazing to think how much had changed in this amount of time.

Yes, Christmas time had become a wonderful tradition for the group, and Yugi could hardly believe that any of this was happening. Great friends, great family, great company, and many great memories and laughs. It was a peaceful time for all of them as everyone caught up, exchanged gifts, and eagerly awaited the Christmas feast that was being prepared in the kitchen.

So much had changed for the better, and their journeys still weren't over yet. Who knew what next year's annual Christmas get-together would bring? Or the one five years down the line? Yugi didn't know what he'd done in his life to deserve such wonderful moments such as these, but he was thankful for them, and he prayed that times like these would never end. Christmas time was a special time, a time for loved ones. And although he still felt like this was an insane, yet pleasant turn of events that he could spend Christmas with his friends at the Kaiba mansion, he was glad it was possible, and he couldn't wait to see what future Christmases would bring.


DGG: There you have it. I hope it came off as warmish and fuzzy-ish as I intended.

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Thanks again for reading! And I, again, wish you all a Merry Christmas!