#Naughty&NiceList
Snow was falling down from the clouds to the city of Metropolis. Small blankets of snow covered the streets as more and more decorations hung from the lamp posts and lights of different colors lit the entrances of different stores. Children and grown ups of all ages were enjoying the cold refreshing air. Some even threw a few snowballs at one another as a massive Christmas tree was being decorated in the center of Downtown. Showing the happiness that people had for the season.
Yes, it was Christmas time and people were all celebrating. Wrapping the gifts, cooking the turkey, preparing the cookies and milk for old Saint Nick. But some were worried more than anything, because there were those looking for what they were going to get their loved ones.
But back in front of the massive tree stood a certain team of superheroes. The Teen Titans, Diana, Kara, Barbara, Jessica, Zatanna, Karen, and Izuku all looked at the massive tree before them. They all stared in wonder at the green texture and branches being adorned with red, blue, and silver spheres, a couple of angels here and there, and wrapped with many, many multi-colored Christmas lights that had yet to be lit. All that was left was none other than the big star that was meant to be placed at the very top that very night before being turned on for the celebration.
"Wow," all the Titans said at the sight of the tree.
"Kinda gets you right here, am I right?" Kara said, tapping her hand against where her heart was.
"It is so beautiful," Jessica said with dreamy eyes. "Even if it is a fake tree." she added under her breath as to not ruin the mood.
"Never have I seen such a decorated tree back in Themyscira," Diana said with stars in her eyes. "The cold certainly is hard to get used to."
"That is part of the magic of Christmas, Diana," Zatanna said to the Amazon. "It is meant to show all the beauty that this time can be when people are all together."
"Yeah, that sounds about right," Izuku said as Karen and Barbara hugged each other looking at the tree. "It also gets your mind off of the chaos of the time."
"Please, tell me more of this magical time that you all celebrate," Diana asked Izuku, holding both of his shoulders.
"That's right, this is not only our first Christmas as a team, but also Diana's first Christmas. We have so much to do!" Barbara said before leading the team to their headquarters to discuss what to do for this holiday.
The Teen Titans were now all gathered in the now decorated secret base of the young heroes. Barbara and Karen pulled a large blackboard in front of the team that were sitting on a group of chairs that they had pulled together. The gadget maker of the team began drawing different pictures ranging from snowmen to eggnog, from christmas trees to singing carols and from gifts to a picture of Santa Claus.
"Alright Diana, this is all you have to technically know," Barbara said before pointing to the board with a laser pointer. "In the final days of December people come together to celebrate the birth of the Christian savior but was then turned into a celebration for everyone to just come together and being nice and forgiving to those that did you wrong. Traditions for this event range from the decoration of a Christmas tree, trying and or drinking eggnog, being nice to others and helping those in need. But more than anything we have gift exchange, better known as Secret Santa!"
Diana raised her hand, showing that she had some questions.
"Yes, Diana," Barabara said.
"Who is this 'Secret Santa'?" Diana asked. "Is he some sort of great warrior or hero?"
"Um, he isn't, Diana," Izuku replied somewhat awkwardly.
"Santa Claus or Saint Nick is the big man of Christmas," Barbara said pointing to her drawing of the big red man. "He flies through the skies in his sled pulled by his eight flying reindeers, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Donner, Vixen, Cupid, Comet, and Blitzen! He flies during the night and comes into houses to give gifts to the kids that are on his Nice List and gives coal to those in the Naughty List."
"Don't read too much into him breaking into people's houses," Karen added sheepishly.
"You could mistake him for a thief or something," Kara added nonchalantly.
"Gasp! This red man must be a descendant of Hermes himself! He must be a cunning thief to do such things and not be discovered," Diana said before drawing out her sword. "We must be prepared should he come in while we are not awake!"
"It's alright! No need to kill Santa!" Izuku begged with fear of Diana trying something with that sword.
"You should explain what Secret Santa is, Babs," Zatanna suggested as the others tried to get the sword away from their leader.
"Right! Secret Santa is a simple and nonviolent tradition!" Barbara said before pulling a bowl filled with folded papers. "In this bowl, I have placed the names of everyone on this team. We will each pick out a name and we shall get that person a gift, but remember to keep it secret from the rest."
After convincing Diana that there was no need for her to wield the sword, Barbara held the bowl in the middle of the circle. One by one, they each pulled out a piece of paper. Once they all had their respective names, they all took a look.
"Alright, we will meet here by the end of the week to exchange gifts," Barbara said. "But just so no one gets any funny ideas, the gift cannot be sex."
This made Kara silently click her tongue in annoyance.
"Second rule, you cannot ask the other person directly what they want. You have to guess or come up to a close enough assumption," Barbara explained.
"Is there a budget that we have to work in?" Jessica asked. "Because I can make my gift no problem, van a estar bien bonitos."
"There isn't a set budget but we should keep that into account," Barbara said before thinking of what could be a decent budget.
"If we can keep the gifts to say… No more than 300 dollars. Sound fair?" Karen asked the group.
"I think that's fair," Zatanna said already thinking of how to use her magic for the gift.
"I can work with that," Izuku said with a smile.
"Yeah, I can do that," Kara replied.
"Then it is decided. In five days time, we shall return here and exchange our gifts as a sign of camaraderie and friendship to one another," Diana said before placing her hand in the middle. "Titans Together."
Soon enough the rest of the team gathered hands and placed them on top of Diana's.
"Titans Together!" they all said before throwing their hands up.
And so it began in the next few days the members of the Teen Titans each thought and searched for the perfect gifts for their respective Secret Santa.
-Diana-
Diana entered the department store with a determined look on her face. She took in a deep breath, steeling herself to find the gift that she was meant to find. She would not fail in this quest.
"Alright, the article that I seek should be on the third floor of this store," Diana said looking up. "This should be easy for a trained Amazon such as myself."
Just as Diana was about to take the next step, an armada of shoppers bursted into the store. They easily ran past the member of the Teen Titans, leaving her in the dust.
Diana stopped spinning and tried to regain her balance as a paper fluttered up to her face. Her eyes shot open as her eyes read what was on the paper. She grabbed the paper to get a better look at it.
"What madness is this!?" Diana said as she held the paper that said 50% off on all items on third floor.
Diana looked up to see all the people clawing their way up towards her target. She narrowed her eyes with determination before sprinting directly at the stairs. She jumped high in the air grabbing hold of the railing of the second floor before somersaulting to the third floor using her feet to push herself forward. She spun in the air twice before landing with the grace of a ballerina with her eyes closed. With a serious look she looked up as she felt her competition getting closer behind her. Diana ran fast towards the isles that looking for what she believed would be the best present.
Her eyes scanned the different items before her eyes set on the perfect gift.
"There you are," Diana said before the shouting of all the other shoppers caught her attention. "I must hurry."
Diana took off directly at the item before her. She jumped and caught it with both arms before rolling to a stop. She held the black high heel shoes she was looking for with pride. Nothing could ruin this moment for her, except for all the rabid shoppers before her. She held back the shoes before she started running at the shoppers and them at her. Diana then used her Amazonian training to jump over the shoppers and hop from head to head before reaching the cashier.
"I would like these please," Diana said to the lady before her.
-Kara-
Kara was slightly annoyed, she was thinking of what could be the best gift that she could get the subject of her Secret Santa.
"Man, this is harder than I thought," Kara said to herself. "Well, at least I can get a close guess to what they'd like."
She walked down the street until she came across a store that was filled to the brim with girly stuff. Kara saw all sorts of pink dresses and all sorts of perfumes. She wanted to throw up, but then her eyes landed on one thing that could get her covered for the gift exchange. She slowly walked up to the store before her nose caught wind of the many perfume samples that they were given. A large scented cloud hit her right in the face making her cough.
"Oh man, you've got to be trying to make people nose blind with those," Kara said coughing. "You so owe me for this girl,"
Kara took in a deep breath before walking into the perfume store. Every step she took made her eyes water. If she had paid more attention in history, she'd liken this place to walking through a World War I gas cloud without a mask. But she pushed her thoughts to the back of her head as she found the object that she was looking for.
A bottle of Batman perfume.
"I really do not want to know how this thing smells," Kara said before going to the register. "At least it's cheap."
-Zatanna-
Zatanna sat on her bed looking through a list of things that she had been keeping for just this kind of occasion. She had her laptop open as she looked for the items for her list.
"This should make things easier," Zatanna said to herself while chuckling.
A magician always gets ready for the next act by knowing her audience. Sadly, most of the items on that list she had worked months on were unavailable and that slightly frustrated her.
"Aurgh, of course Amazon would fail me in these times," Zatanna said before scratching another item off of her list. "I have to find something that'll be liked. No, not this either, this one is over 300 dollars. Damn."
Zatanna placed the list down and put away her computer before laying down on her bed. She let out a sigh to clear her mind in hopes of getting an answer to her problems. The temptation of using magic to make a gift appear was pulling at her, but she chastised herself for thinking of such an easy solution. She then remembered her father's words about that way of thinking before repeating them.
"Magic is not a free pass or a short cut, you work for what you want and never abuse what you have," Zatanna said to herself.
Just then an idea came to Zatanna's mind. She knew what she could get for her friend. And no ounce of magic would be required. She quickly got out of bed and rushed to the elevator before going to her favorite bookstore. Zatanna almost flew to it and then spent a good hour before she found the one book that she was looking for. The book was rather small and covered in a hard blue cover with red letters on the cover.
"Yes, it is in pretty good condition too," Zatanna said as she looked at the book. "I hope this does the trick. Wouldn't want to appear cheap or stingy."
-Jessica-
Jessica walked through the botanical garden of Metropolis looking at the different potted plants that she had been helping with during the weekends. She thought long and hard as she lifted another potted flower with red petals before putting it back down and picking a cactus.
"Now this one might be a great gift," Jessica said holding up the small cactus. "They're easy to take care of, they don't need much water and they can live almost anywhere."
But then a thought crossed her mind.
"No this isn't right," Jessica said with a sigh before putting the cactus back on the counter. "What would she like? Plants aren't her thing since Poison Ivy gave her a rash. So maybe something that she'll like and that she uses daily- I know!"
Jessica rushed out of the botanical garden and crossed the street to the massive store before her. The large statue of a sprinting man loomed right next to the entrance as Jessica entered the store. She looked around the large sporting equipment store with the few Christmas decorations scattered throughout. She walked through the different isles of sportswear. She passed the swim suits, baseball bats, catching mittens, American footballs, soccer balls, and running shoes.
"Yes, this should do the trick," Jessica said before looking at the weight section.
She looked through the dumbbells for the ones that she knew would be challenging enough.
"Too little, not enough, perfecto!" Jessica said as she spotted a 100 lb dumbbell at just 100 dollars.
Jessica tried to lift it up but found it a little hard as she wasn't one of the most well built members of the team. She began to drag the weight while cursing in Spanish under her breath.
"Muévete pedazo de porquería de metal," Jessica cursed as she inched closer to the register. "¿Cómo es que la gente levanta estas cosas?"
-Barbara-
Barbara bounced from comic book store to comic book store through the city looking for the gift that knew would get her the title of best Secret Santa. Sadly her search was proving to be a little harder than what she thought. She grunted in annoyance as she exited the third store that apparently didn't have what she wanted.
"Come on, where could that thing be at?" Barbara grumbled. "My usual spots don't have it, then I've got to go to the special Batgirl computer."
Barbara pulled out her laptop and began to put in numbers and commands in it. The computer then began to search and pinpoint the location what she was looking for. She patiently waited for the computer to finish calculating the numbers. Her eyes were glued to the screen waiting for the computer to finish its work. Barbara just sat there waiting for the answer to her endeavor, while taking into account the possibility that she'd have to find another gift if-
Then there was a 'ping' sound catching Barbara's attention. She looked down and saw that the item that she was looking for was no longer available in this part of the country.
"Dang it! Now what am I gonna do?" Barbara asked herself.
Barbara thought about what she could do when it suddenly came to her. She realized that there was no rule that said that she couldn't make the gift. With that knowledge in mind, Barbara rushed to get the components she would use to make her gift.
Barbara returned to her room with a bag full of trinkets and set it on the desk. She grabbed a welding mask and one of the notes that she had gotten from Izuku.
"It may not be pretty but this should do a lot of help for the future," Barbara said before covering her face with the mask.
-Karen-
Karen was currently knitting a long scarf with her grandmother's old knitting kit. The scarf was lime colored and she was making progress with the needles. After she watched several videos on how to knit then she had it down to the smallest detail. But she still made a mistake here and there. She had accidentally pricked herself with the needles a couple of times but she was making good progress. She knew that the one she was going to give a gift to was very pro naturalist. So this natural and organic scarf would be the best choice.
"Alright, I'm almost… halfway there," Karen said hoping that this wouldn't fall into the ugly sweater category. "It looks nice. So far..."
Karen continued on working before she heard a 'ding' coming from the kitchen.
"Oh, cookies are ready," Karen said before going to the kitchen.
Karen put on a couple of oven mitts before opening the oven. Inside she saw a tray filled with chocolate chips that were now just the right color. She grabbed hold of the tray and placed it on the cold counter of the kitchen before closing the oven and turning it off.
"Oh these look so good," Karen said resisting the urge of taking one of them. "I don't think they'll miss one."
Karen took one of the cookies and took a whiff of the sweet smell of the melted chocolate. She opened her mouth and took a bite out of the cookie. As soon as the cookie was inside her mouth, Karen's eyes shot open at the burning sensation of the cookie.
"Ow! Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!" Karen screamed as she ran looking for water or milk to quench her burning mouth. "Totally worth it though."
-Izuku-
Izuku began thinking of what he could get the girl he had for Secret Santa. It would have to be something special since he knew that it was the first Christmas they spent as a team. He considered a book but he knew that she had plenty of those so he'd have to think of something else.
"It has to be something that she'll like," Izuku said to himself before an idea popped into his head. "I know, I could look for it on the web."
Izuku began surfing the web for any ideas as to what gift to give his friend. He had known her for a long time and as such he could take a good guess as to what she'd like for a Christmas gift, but he wasn't sure if she would like it. So perhaps something that he could get her something that reminded her of home. Then his eyes landed on the perfect gift that he could get for her.
"Alright, this one will do nicely and it fits the budget. Now all I've got to do is go find it," Izuku said before reaching for his coat and running out the door.
Izuku quickly made his way to the general mall in downtown Metropolis, where he hoped to find the present for his friend. He made his way all the way up to the top floor and began searching for the item that he had been searching for. He searched from top to bottom but he was unable to find the item that he was looking for. Izuku sighed in defeat thinking of what else he could get her. Just then he spotted the item that he was looking for.
In front of Izuku was the coat that he was looking for. The coat that he was looking for was a jean jacket with a picture of a lion on the back and had a bit of fur on the back of the neck, which made it resemble a lion's mane. He dashed towards the coat and once he found the right size for it.
"Alright, now all I've got to do is wrap it and it'll be ready for the gift exchange," Izuku said with stars in his eyes.
The days of the week passed quickly and Friday had finally arrived. Each of the Teen Titans had gotten their gifts for Secret Santa exchange and they wrapped them all as best as they could. They were meeting in their secret headquarters to show their wrapped gifts. Diana's gift was a box wrapped in a candy cane themed paper with a green bow. Kara's was a small box messily wrapped with a blue polka dotted wrapping paper. Zatanna's was wrapped in a white paper with stars scattered across. Jessica's gift was wrapped in a recycled lime green paper with drawn in mistletoes. Barbara's gift was wrapped in purple and yellow stripes with a yellow bow. Karen's gift was wrapped in a yellow bag with a silver bow. And Izuku's gift was wrapped in a red wrapping paper and a yellow puffy bow. They were all beautifully wrapped. Well most of them…
"Oh, come on! Stupid bow, why won't you fluff?" Kara growled as she tried to make her wrapping presentable.
"Here Kara, you just trace the scissor across the string and here you go," Izuku explained while he traced a pair of scissors along a piece of string making it fluff and curl.
"You sure one of your powers isn't perfect wrapping?" Kara asked with a small grin while she picked up her gift.
"Not as far as I know," Izuku said blushing slightly.
"Alright guys let's go to Sweet Justice to get the exchange ready," Barbara said.
"Yes, we shall exchange our gifts and then prepare for the arrival of the Saint of Claus," Diana said drawing her sword again.
"There's no need for that, Diana," Izuku said with a sweat drop.
"Yes honey, there's no need to bring the sword out," Zatanna added as the team went up to the restaurant on top of their headquarters.
"Do not worry Diana, no one shall take our gifts and Santa Claus shall not come here any time soon," Jessica said.
"Let's get ready to celebrate!" Barbara and Karen said as they all went up to the sweet shop.
However, little did they know that there was something stirring in the night other than a mouse. On top of the rooftops a certain jester wearing a red and black skin tight suit jumped from one roof to the next with a bag and a mallet ready for mischief.
"Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh I don't know what is it about Christmas but it always makes me smile," Harley Quinn said with a chuckle. "And sing~!"
Harley jumped down to the next rooftop splattering a snowman under her mallet.
You're a mean one, Harley Quinn,
You really are a heel!
You're as cuddly as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel!
Harley Qu~inn!
Harley Quinn jumped in front of some shoppers with recently bought gifts, scaring them. She then swung her mallet tripping them. With a smile on her face, she then stuffed the gifts in her bag.
You're a bad banana,
With a greasy black peel!
You're a vile one, Harley Quinn
You've got termites in your smile!
Harley ran towards an armored vehicle before throwing a pie with a lit fuse at the window of the car. As soon as the pie hit, it blinded the drivers and forced them to stop, giving Harley the chance to open the back of the truck and fill her mits with bags of money. She then left, laughing before continuing her song.
You've got all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodi~le!
You're a foul one, Harley Quinn!
I wouldn't touch you with a 39 ½ foot pole….
Harley spotted a long buffet table filled with turkey, ham, cake, green beans, salad and pudding. She licked her lips before pulling out a modified vacuum. She aimed it at the table and turned it on. The red clad jester chuckled as the food all was stuffed into her vacuum before being placed into the bigger bag.
You're a monster, Harley Quinn!
You're heart's an empty hole,
You have garlic in your soul,
Harley Quinn!
Harley pulled out a pair of binoculars as she scanned for her next score. She then saw a bunch of gifts in the hands of a group of teenagers heading for Sweet Justice. A sinister smile appeared on her face as she began to giggle maniacally.
Who's this mean hot gal with a red skin tight suit?
What you so mad for!?
Harley Quinn!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Harley jumped from roof to roof towards the pier and Sweet Justice.
Back inside the sweet shop, the secret team of heroes were all sitting at their usual table. They were all just laughing and talking about the everyday problems of a group of teenagers. There hadn't been that many crimes or villains during the last few days and it was a nice change of pace for some. But not for everyone.
"I'm just saying that one bad guy wouldn't kill," Kara said with a smile.
"Maybe we put them all in jail or are taking a holiday. You know, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanuka… All the end of the year parties," Jessica mentioned.
"Yeah and as such we must enjoy these rare quiet times," Zatanna said before taking another spoonful of chocolate ice cream.
"Well said, Zee, now we can proceed to our own Christmas tradition," Diana said
"Gift exchange!" Barbara and Karen said in unison.
Just as Izuku and the girls placed their gifts on the table, the doors were kicked open by none other than Harley Quinn.
All the patrons of the sweet shop stared in shock at the clown princess of crime.
"Hello, Sweet Justice. Oh don't mind me, I'm just doing some last minute Christmas shopping," Harley said as she walked up to the table where the Teen Titans were sitting while she swayed her hips. "Ooh~, gifts! You shouldn't have,"
"Hands off clown," Kara threatened Harley but she only chuckled.
"Whatever you say, Thunder Thighs," Harley replied before pulling out a cherry bomb. "Catch!"
Harley tossed the cherry bomb in front of Kara before it exploded. The explosion created a large pink cloud with confetti and serpentines, blinding the secret team of heroes.
Everyone in the sweet shop coughed and closed their eyes as the cloud of debris began to disperse. Once the dust settled, the Teen Titans looked to find Harley and their Secret Santa gifts were both gone. They followed the laugh of the clown to see the door still open. They rushed out the door to see Harley driving off in a clown car with her bag of loot sticking out.
"Oh, she is going way down for that," Barbara said.
"Well said, Barbara. Titans Together!" called out Diana as they all went to change into their hero uniforms.
Harley drove off in her clown car, laughing all the way.
"Man, I just love Christmas," Harley said before pulling out a picture of all the supervillain girls. "The gifts, the friends, the family and all the loot you can steal. If only Ivy would let me get a Christmas tree."
"Maybe she can get you one when you get out of jail," a voice called behind Harley.
The clown girl turned around to see the entire team of Teen Titans jumping down on her. She only had enough time to gulp before she realized how done she was.
"You wanna let me off the hook for Christmas?" Harley asked hoping that they'd show mercy.
"Let us think about it," Wonder Woman said before running it over in her mind for a couple of seconds, "No."
Harley couldn't even gulp as the Teen Titans jumped on her with everything that they had.
In the blink of an eye, Harley was given to the cops and all her ill gotten loot had been returned to the original owners. The officers of the law thanked the heroes before taking the clown princess away. With the gifts returned to them the Teen Titans went on to make their gift exchange once more.
They returned to the pier now in their normal civilian clothes. They each had their gifts in hand and were ready for the exchange to take place.
"Alright, who would like to start?" Barbara asked, jumping from excitement.
"I think that the only man of the team should start," Kara said nudging Izuku to go on.
"Are you sure you don't mind?" Izuku asked blushing.
"We don't mind, darling. Now go on," Zatanna said with a smile.
After swallowing his nerves, Izuku walked up to Diana and offered her his gift.
"Here Diana, this gift is for you," Izuku said while blushing and giving her the gift.
Diana took hold of the present and slowly began to open it. Her eyes went wide at the sight of the jacket that he had gotten her.
"Izuku, it is beautiful," Diana said before putting it on. "I love it.
"I remembered how you're not used to the cold, so I thought that you'd like something to keep you warm," Izuku said scratching the back of his head.
"Thank you, Izuku," Diana said before kissing Izuku on the lips.
"Hey, come on. We said no sex, Diana. And if I can't have some you can't either," Kara replied causing the others to chuckle at the jealous Kryptonian.
"Sorry, Kara, let us continue then," Diana said blushing in embarrassment with a smile. "Since I just received my gift, I shall give mine to my friend Zatanna."
Diana gave her gift to Zatanna causing the magician's eyes to widen and gasp in surprise at what could be inside. She regained her composure before opening the gift before geeking out over the high heel shoes she'd just gotten.
"Oh my gosh, Diana. They're perfect, I've been looking for a good replacement for my last heels," Zatanna gushed over the heels before hugging Diana. "Thank you so much, Diana."
"You are most welcomed, friend," Diana replied before Zatanna put on the heels and began walking in them.
"Now it's my turn, if I'm not mistaken," Zatanna said before presenting her gift to her friend.
"Karen, I've gotten you something special that I'm sure you'll use much better than I can."
Karen looked at the wrapped gift and began to open her gift with curiosity. She gasped at the sight of the book in front of her.
"Ray Palmer's Small Guide of the Miniature World! I've been looking for this book for ages," Karen said before hugging Zatanna. "Thank you Zee, this is great."
"You needn't thank me little bumblebee, science is mostly your thing," Zatanna said returning the hug.
Karen then turned to Jessica and handed her her gift. The Hispanic woman wondered what could be in the small box.
"Here you go Jessica, I think you'll like this," Karen said as she presented her gift to her.
Jessica picked the box up and quickly opened the gift and stars appeared in her eyes as she saw the knitted scarf that Karen had gotten her.
"Ay dios mio, es hermosa. Thank you Karen, you're amazing," Jessica said as she wrapped the scarf around her neck and hugged Karen in a tight embrace.
"I'm happy that you like it," Karen sheepishly said before breaking off the hug.
"I believe it is my turn now," Jessica said before struggling to lift her gift for Kara. "Here you go, Kara."
Kara easily lifted the gift and opened it to then gasp in total surprise.
"Awesome, a dumbbell. Just what I wanted. I don't remember why but my old one was wrecked," Kara said while Izuku sweat dropped behind her, remembering the way the old dumbbell was crushed. "You're amazing, Jess."
Kara hugged the Green Lantern almost cracking her back, but not enough to hurt her.
"I'm happy you liked it," Jessica squeaked out.
"Well, Babs. You're up," Kara said before picking up the small box. "I'm not sure if you'll like it though."
Barbara tore apart the wrapping paper with great speed before gasping.
"The limited edition Bat-scented perfume, for the ladies of the night. Thank you so much, Kara!" Barbara said before hugging the blond woman.
"I don't want to know why you even want that, but I'll take it," Kara said before Barbara turned towards Izuku.
"Izuku, here you go," Barbara said presenting the gift to Izuku.
"Thanks, Barbara," Izuku replied before taking out the gift.
Izuku looked at the two gloves. They were white and had yellow knuckles on them and armored wrists.
"Wow, what are these?" Izuku asked with curiosity.
"These babies are specialized gloves that are meant to help you better aim your flicks and your black whips. I used the same material you had on your old gloves and made them more resistant for better use," Barbara explained. "You'll now be able to fire five shorts at the same time with little to no recoil."
"That's amazing! Thank you Barbara," Izuku said before hugging the gadget girl.
"Merry Christmas, everyone!" Barbara said as a faint laughter of 'ho ho ho ho ho ho' could be heard in the background as snow began to fall over the city of Metropolis.
~Happy Holidays from us to you!~