Disclaimer: ……
Title: Christmas Time
Rating: PG
Chapter 3: Everyone's Here This Year
"So Sorata and Arashi are here in Tokyo right now?" Satsuki asked the wind master.
Aoki nodded. "That's what he said on the phone... before his change ran out. He said he'd be heading over soon." He added.
The adult Dragons were trying to absorb this news in... while the younger Dragons were busy in the other room playing Chinese Checkers (A/N: my favorite board game ^^ I manage to beat Sis most of the time, but she tends to cream me sometimes, too.).
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In the other room…
"So this means that everyone will gather this year for Christmas?" Yuzuriha asked, as she moved her green game piece over Fuuma's blue one. So far, she had been winning... but Fuuma and Kamui were closing in on her.
"Yes, at least, that's what Aoki-san said." Kamui said, trying to think up of a way to get his red piece over to the other triangle. "There!" He yelled out triumphantly, as he moved the marble over Fuuma, Nataku, and Yuzuriha's pieces. He carefully avoided jumping over Kotori's, however. Typical.
"This is great though. We haven't seen them in what, over a year?" Yuzuriha said, cat ears popping out as she saw what Kamui had done. "Aw...Now I'm blocked."
"A year and a half, to be exact. Almost two." Nataku said, as he studied the board in front of him. Let's see... he could move this one over here... no, that won't work... Hmm... then how about this one... yeah, that will do the trick. He started to move his black piece. A knock on the door interrupted him, however. The teens rushed out of the room, knocking over the board while doing so.
A stampede could be heard running down the hallway, as eleven people made their way toward the front door. Kamui was first to reach it. He yanked open the door.
"Eh?" The "crowd" stared blankly at the pizza delivery boy outside the door. The said boy was looking at them expectantly. "Did anyone order pizza?" The door shut in the boy's face, as the Dragons grew annoyed at being excited for nothing.
"Damn... What a time for a false alarm." Kusanagi complained, as he and the others headed back to the living room. The others murmured their agreement. Just then, they heard another knock on the door. Eleven pairs of eyes glared at the door, and Karen decided that she had enough. She walked over to the door and flung it open.
"No, we didn't order pizza...Huh?" She stopped mid-sentence, as she recognized the two figures in front of her.
"What pizza?" Sorata asked, as he stared curiously at his old friend. "Can we come in? It's freezing out here." He said, rubbing his hands together for warmth.
"Sorata-kun! Arashi-chan!" Karen squealed with delight, as she hugged the two younger kids. The others had poked their head around the living room door by then, and another, very *loud* squeal joined the first as Yuzuriha ran over to the three.
"You're here! You're finally here!"
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"...And so I called to let you know that the two of us were here in Tokyo. You know the rest." Sorata finished, as he downed the last of his hot chocolate. "Though I didn't expect to be mistaken as a pizza delivery boy when I came here." He smirked, recalling the event that had happened a few minutes ago.
"Don't remind me. That boy was so annoying!" Satsuki said from her spot next to Yuuto. Yuuto just smiled and put his arm around her.
"So all we have to do is wait for Seishirou-san and Subaru-san?" Sorata asked Kakyou. Arashi gave a look that asked the same thing. Kakyou nodded.
"Yes, they said they would be here soon... Should be here by now..."
"We are." A new voice cut in.
Seishirou grinned as he entered the room. "Sorry, traffic was slow."
"That and the car had almost slipped on the road." Subaru said, as he joined the others.
"Nice to see you, minna..." The two newcomers then noticed the other two "shrine kids" (well, that's what I refer to Subaru, Yuzuriha, Sorata, and Arashi as).
"Sorata-kun! Arashi-chan! You're here!" Seishirou said, as he stared at them. Subaru was the suit.
"Yep. Nice to see you too." Sorata said cheerfully, and Arashi sent a slight smile at them to say the same, being the silent princess she was. Everyone was smiling. Finally, finally, they were all here.
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A/N: Just a reminder. And this is a spoiler, so do not read if you haven't read up to X 18 yet.
Remember when Subaru takes Seishirou's eye from Fuuma in X? And turns into this half-Seishirou, half-Subaru… thing? Well, in this fic… since all the damage of the Battle has been undone for our Ryu, I decided Subaru has both his eyes back again, is NOT the Sakurazukamori, and that Arashi once again has the power to summon a sword from her left hand. Okay? Okay! Oh… and… um… since Sis wrote this way back when, before we read the manga up to X18, Sorata and Arashi are both… um… virgins… -.-;;;;;;