Merry Christmas Eve! It's finally here! The last and final chapter ^^ I can't believe it's over! Dx Thank to you all who have reviewed! And I guess for the last time, ENJOY! xD I hope I've done this story justice!

Many thanks and cookies to Begecko, Shadow fairy princess, sorcecess of the nile and YamiBakura1988 who have reviewed ^^ But a really special thanks to you all who have read this till the end! ^^ Have a good Christmas everyone! xD

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yugioh or A Christmas Carol!

WARNINGS: Shonenai and a cute ending =3

Chapter 13

Finally it was time to go. Bakura looked for where Ryou was, stepping over a very drunk Joey, who was on the floor passed out. Seto and Yami were in a corner singing "White Christmas" and were pointing at the little white things that were falling their way, some hitting them not even noticing that Marik was in front of them screwing paper up into little paper balls and laughing at them. He stopped drinking earlier and like Bakura was not drunk. Bakura chuckled and realised how precious his second chance at life was. Marik is his best friend as Malik is Ryou's. It's funny how things have turned out really.

"You going Bakura?" Marik asked.

"Yeah, didn't want to stay here long. But you know our hikaris when they get talking." Marik nodded.

"It's nice to see them happy though isn't it?" Bakura smiled.

"Yes, I guess it is." Marik nodded.

"Right, well, till next time then." Marik said, Bakura smirked.

"Yeah, then it'll be our time to cause some chaos." Marik smirked too and a look of insane glee went across his features, looking much like his old self back in Battle City. Bakura laughed and realised he had to leave before Marik would try to convince him to cause chaos now, but there were other matters to attend to; his hikari.

"Bye Marik." Marik pouted as Bakura walked away went to look for Ryou.

He eventually found Ryou in a corner spaced out, and was surprised that he looked upset about something.

"Ryou? You ready to go?" He asked softly. Ryou jumped, looked up at Bakura, smiled weakly and nodded. He got up and went to hug Yugi and Malik goodbye. Bakura felt a weird feeling coming from his stomach and chest. He tried not to growl as his hug to Malik took longer than it was necessary, whilst the latter looked at him and winked. He knew he was only doing it to wind him up, but that doesn't stop that it did. Malik knew how possessive he was over what was his.

"Thanks for having us Yugi." Ryou said softly.

"That's okay Ryou! Thanks for the food! It was yummy!" Ryou giggled.

"Does this mean I can do the cooking every year now?" Yugi laughed.

"No. That's still my job and I'm taking it back next year!" Ryou pouted.

"Hey! No fair, so what do I do next year?"

"Turn up?" Yugi laughed as he dodged Ryou's hand that nearly smacked him round the head. Bakura was getting impatient now, they've had all night to talk and he wanted to go home.

"Hikari, we need to leave." Ryou smiled sweetly at Bakura.

"Okay. See you both tomorrow then?" Bakura looked at Ryou in confusion as both hikaris nodded.

Once they said their goodbyes, waving Yugi, Malik and Marik at the door, they finally left the house. Bakura breathed a sigh of relief.

"Freedom at last!" Ryou giggled.

"It wasn't that bad." Bakura glanced at Ryou.

"No, the Pharaoh wasn't trying to make me duel with him all night to see if I really have changed and then got drunk off his ass and insulted me the whole night, trying to tempt me to murder him! And I'm not ashamed to say that I was actually considering it."

"Well at least you showed that you have changed and I'm proud of you." Bakura shook his head sadly.

"My reputation is in ruins!" Ryou laughed and then stopped suddenly. Bakura felt Ryou's sadness through their mind link.

/Ryou?/ Bakura asked through the mind link. Ryou looked startled for a moment as the mind link was thrown wide open and he suddenly remembered why this day was important for Ryou to be happy.

/Bakura, can we go to the cemetery for a moment?/ Bakura frowned. He knew Ryou would have wanted to go, but for him to go too? He didn't know whether Ryou is sure about it.

/.../

/Bakura?/ He heard Ryou's worried voice chime through the mind link.

/Yeah. You sure you want me to come with you?/ Bakura for some reason knew that his light needed comfort so he didn't need the agreement that just came through the mind link.

/Yeah./ Bakura held out his hand to Ryou, who took it and smiled and walked towards Domino cemetery.

Once they got there, Ryou's legs started shaking so Bakura tightened his grip on Ryou and helped him forward to where Ryou's mother and sister's grave was. Bakura heard Ryou sniff and when he looked at his light; he wasn't surprised to see him crying. For some reason, he knew what to do. He turned his light towards his chest, wrapped his arms around him and held him protectively and let Ryou cry out all his sadness and pain.

After a while, Ryou eventually calmed down. Ryou sniffed and wiped his tears away.

"I'm sorry Bakura. I just miss them..." Bakura didn't answer to this. He knew the pain of losing someone close to him. But he lost his whole village for those damn millennium items he sought after so much before. Now he thought about it, he didn't even know why he even bothered seeking the items which his parents and his whole village died for. He guessed it was Zorc messing with his head took out all logical thinking behind gaining the items.

"I know." Was all Bakura could say and he did know and so did Ryou.

Ryou looked up at Bakura and smiled at him. Bakura's chest tightened when he saw his hikari's smile.

"You okay to go home now?" Ryou nodded.

"Good." Bakura took Ryou's hand again and this time lead the way back home. It was time to put a smile back on his hikari's face again.

T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T

Once they got back to their home. Bakura sat down and put on a random movie that was on and Ryou's eyes lit up.

"A Christmas Carol..." Bakura sighed, even though he was starting to get used to the idea of Christmas, he still didn't see the point of those types of films.

"Ryou?"

"Hm?" Ryou looked at Bakura and was surprised that he was smirking and was holding something above his head. Ryou looked up and blushed as he saw it was mistletoe in his yamis hand holding it directly above their heads. Bakura chuckled at his Light blushing. He gently guided Ryou's face up towards his and he closed the distance between them as he gently kissed Ryou.

Bakura felt like he was in heaven when Ryou's soft lips were kissing him back. When they broke apart for some air, he was startled to see Ryou have tears in his eyes. Before he could ask, Ryou silenced him.

/I love you 'Kura/ Bakura made a face at the nickname, which seemed to make Ryou laugh.

/I love you too tenshi/ Ryou smiled and snuggled close to Bakura and they both drifted off to sleep in each other's arms, both feeling happy for the first time in so many years.

Unknowingly to Ryou and Bakura. Two spirits were watching them as they slept with smiles on their faces.

"At long last our son has learned how to love again." Bakura's mother whispered happily. Bakura's father only nodded as he held his hand out to his wife and together they departed into the afterlife and can finally be in peace now their son was happy at last.

T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T

There you have it! The story is now officially completed. I am going to now work on Music, Famous and Dangerous because I'm suffering writers block on Forbidden Area. There will be no sequel to this as it was a one off tale, but I'm glad you all enjoyed it! You have all kept me going on this =) Review for the last time please? *chibi eyes* I accept flames, but not insults, otherwise Yami Marik will give you a hug xD