What? I've got to do a Christmas episode! It is Christmas after all.

Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!

I was running around Vale, trying to find a good present for Neo. It had been almost a two weeks since our kiss, and after a couple dates, we decided to make it official. Yep, Neo's my girlfriend! I still get giddy saying that. But I'm not the only one. Apparently after I had Pyrrha French Juane, the dense blonde started looking at his partner a bit differently. They had started going out just last Tuesday. I'll probably play around with the Nuts and Dolts ship during Christmas itself, but that's for tomorrow.

Back to business. I had gotten presents for everyone but Neo, and I was starting to panic. You know that feeling of never finding that perfect gift for your special someone? Yeah, that about sums up my feelings right now. Seriously, I needed to come up with something! Neo's probably got my present picked out already!

Neo's POV

I have absolutely no idea what to get Allie! What do you get the girl who can literally have anything? Roman was being no help, of course, and I was on the verge of panicking. I was new to being in a relationship, what if I screwed up and she didn't like me anymore? What if I do get her something, and she's disappointed? All the "what ifs" started buzzing in my head when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to see Yang looking at me with concerned sisterly eyes. I only knew because Ruby was in a similar state to me yesterday and Yang had the same look.

"Hey, Christmas troubles?" she asked.

I nodded. 'I can't think of anything Allie would want that she doesn't have.' I explained.

"What about cat nip?" I think I blushed, because Yang laughed soon after speaking. "You actually considered it?"

'It's my fallback.' I admitted. Yang laughed for a good minute before calming down. 'Any other bright ideas?'

"Whetstone for Sekiryuki?" was Yang's (admittedly decent) idea.

I shook my head. 'She just finished applying a modification that makes it to where the thing never dulls. Not a bad idea, though.'

I could see the blonde thinking hard. Didn't know she had it in her. I started thinking too. Maybe if I...no that wouldn't work, I can't program. Maybe she'd like... no, she already has two of those. Oh! I could...no, I'm no good at robot building. Wow, I need to expand my skillset. I kept thinking, but it was Yang that spoke first. "I've got it! She was talking about it for ages! How about..."

Allie POV

No. No. No. Maybe. No, that's no good either! Ugh, I need to think of something! Wait. Maybe I can make her something. There was that thing I was going to build. I'd have to modify her Key too, but that was easy.

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Neo and I smirked at each other as we crept towards Sanctuary's loudspeaker control, careful not to make any noise. Not difficult for a master thief and catgirl who's DEX is her highest stat by at least fifty points. I took my place at the mic while Neo pressed the button, nodding to me. In my best radio-host voice, I called, "Good morning everyone!" I took a minute to enjoy the annoyed groans downstairs before continuing. "It is now eight o'clock on Christmas day, and judging by the mountain of presents under the tree in the town square, Santa's been here. So everyone get up, get dressed, and get ready to have a Merry Christmas!" I motioned to Neo to cut off the connection and we laughed for a good few minutes before joining everyone in the square. I thought to check my HUD and checked the event quest.

Event Quest: Merry Christmas!

Wake your friends up (X)

+With Neo's help (X)

Meet in Town Square (X)

Hand out presents ()

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I have to admit, I'm curious what the last one will be. Probably a boss fight. Wouldn't be much of a quest without a boss fight. Anyway, everyone glared at me and Neo as we approached. Guess that's what happens when you wake everyone up very loudly, huh? "Who wants presents? Nya~" I asked. Blake, Weiss, and Ren were the only ones unaffected by my question, continuing to glare while the five-year-old came out in everyone else and they crowded around the tree, eager to see what they had gotten. We ended up tearing into them all at once, not bothering with turns.

I was unsurprised to see Ruby get some parts for Crescent Rose and packs upon packs of cookies. She also got some books I didn't recognize and one I most certainly did. "Um, Yang? I think I got one of your presents."

"Nope." I cut in, popping the P. "That one's for you." I had gotten her a book on tae-kwon-do. "Figured since you carry that mechanical monster on you all the time, you'd be strong enough to make use of it."

"But I have my baby! I won't replace her!" Ruby protested.

"And you don't have too, Red." Roman replied. Side note, he and Ruby got along surprisingly well nowadays. "But what happens when you get separated by that oversized gardening tool?" Ruby deflated at the question. "Exactly. But don't worry, I happen to know some tae-kwon-do myself. I can always help you out." he offered, reaching for his lighter.

"Roman, not next to the tree." I snapped. Roman took two large steps to his left and lit his cigar. Everyone opened their presents, each smiling and thanking the gifter as they progressed through their pile. Weiss had gotten some dust canisters for her sword as well as some opera and classical I and apparently Blake thought she'd like, a book on anger management (Weiss joked she had gotten one of Yang's presents until the blonde had pulled out an identical copy. Neo only grinned at the two), and some books that looked suspiciously non-school related and some I recognized from the North Wing of the library. Huh, who'da thunk it?

Blake had gotten some multi-elemental clips for Gambol Shroud, some Ninjas of Love books, and an instruction book for the Shadow Clone Jutsu. I figured since it was already her semblance, the book could help her upgrade it. Pretty much everyone got some dust to help their weapons, some books they would enjoy reading, and maybe an anime here and there. I myself got some books I had wanted to add to my library, some files I needed for future plans, that one was definitely Roman despite the fact the from line was empty, and to my surprise, and utter delight, a Thermal Virgo 135 MS stamina type beyblade. I checked the from line and saw Neo had gotten it. Turning to my girlfriend, I smiled and kissed her in front of everyone, not caring in the slightest.

Let me explain, that Virgo bey is one I had back on Earth. I had lost it ages ago, and since it had taken me ages to get the parts, the old Metal Masters beys were way out of style by then, I had finally pulled it off. Hell, I still had the launcher in case I ever found it. Pulling away from my kiss and calling out said launcher from my inventory, I smiled as I loaded the top. "Let it Rip!" I called, pulling the ripchord. The bey launched and spun in a few intricate patterns before returning to me. "Thank you so much Neo. I love it." I declared, smiling at her.

Neo smiled back before looking at her gifts. It was more of the same, books, some dust I would probably help her turn into bombs or something, and a Beacon uniform since she didn't actually more than one. Guess Weiss was warming up to my ice cream scoop. She was on her last present. My present. She opened it to show a small square resting inside. 'Um, Allie? Explain please.' Neo requested.

"It installs into your Key. As for what it's for...care for a trip to the garage?" Everyone stood, following us toward Scooter's as I opened the side door. Everyone gawked as they saw what was waiting inside. "Just use your Key and call it any time you need it. Nya~" I explain with a smile.

Now two things. First, Neo's Key is directly linked to her brainwaves so it can kinda read her mind. Makes it easier to use since, you know, mute. The second is the giant robot sitting in the middle of my garage. It had taken longer than I thought to get ahold of the parts, but I had assembled a Gundam. I had gone with the Unicorn model because reasons. Also, I had kinda binge-watched the UC series with Neo a few days back and she was absolutely in love with the powerful mech. As for Neo, she was grinning wildly, throwing her arms around me. "I take it you like it?" I asked humorously.

'I love it! Allie, thank you so much.' Was her reply after she had let go.

"I know a good place to test it out, just have to imprint it onto you." I offered.

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Deep in the Emerald Forest, I grinned and motioned to Neo.

Neo's POV

This was it, I'd get to drive the Gundam of my (recent) dreams. Closing my eyes, I smiled and thought, Come forth, my Unicorn! and felt the surge of power as the Vault opened.

And done! What? You thought I was going to give a demonstration of Neo's new toy? I'm not that nice a guy, in fact I'm a bit of a jackass for cutting it here. But hey, my story, my rules. Anyway, merry Christmas and I hope everyone enjoys/enjoyed theirs. Leave a review telling me what you thought and I'll see you next time.