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A/N: Chapter Cuatro is up now! Enjoy it in all of its tackiness!
Chapter 4: A New Day, A New Life
A cry was heard as a new baby entered the world.
"It's a boy," announced Vegeta, a small smile sneaking onto his face. He handed the boy to his mother.
"Thank you, kind sir!" replied the man. "May God bless you for helping us!"
"It was nothing," he stated, "and please call me Jonathan."
"Well, thank you, Jonathan. My name is Joseph, and this is my lovely wife, Mary." (A/N: Who didn't see that coming?)
"What shall we name the boy, Joseph?" asked Mary.
"I don't know," Joseph replied. Vegeta breathed a sigh of relief.
"Jesus, what a night!" he exclaimed.
"That's perfect, Joseph! We can call the boy Jesus!"
"Huh?" Vegeta was out of it for a moment.
"You're right, Mary!" responded Joseph. He turned to Vegeta. "Thank you so much, Jonathan! For all you've given us, we'd like to name you the godfather of our son." Vegeta blushed. The moment was interrupted by someone yelling his "name".
"Jonathan! Jonathan!" Two young men ran into the manger. "There you are! We've been looking all over for you."
"Gooood!" bleated Navida. "They fiiinally caaaame!"
"You didn't have to worry about me," replied Vegeta. "Didn't I say I was heading to Bethlehem?"
"Yes," answered the younger brother. "Yes, you did."
"Who are these men?" asked Joseph.
"We are the other sons of Eliezer," answered the older brother. "I am David."
"And I am Daniel," added the other brother. "We were looking for our brother, Jonathan, but it seems he was tending to the lambs." He motioned to the newborn Jesus.
"I was," replied Vegeta, taking up his sheperd's crook. "But I must get back to the fields. Good-bye, Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus. I hope that someday we will meet again. Come along, sheep."
He left the manger in the early hours of the morning, filled with mixed feelings about the happenings of the night. Walking away from Bethlehem, he began to ponder the meaning of the birth of Jesus, and what would become of the lad.
"You should know the story by now," said Navida, changing back to her angelic form. "Joseph and Mary will leave Bethlehem with the baby, who will grow up in Nazareth. He'll learn his father's trade of carpentry, but will be destined for more than that. He will perform many miracles and spread his messages from God through Judea. Then one of his Apostles, Judas, will turn him into the authorities to be tortured and executed."
"You mean…" Vegeta's eyes widened.
"In thirty-three years, Jesus will die on the cross, the first martyr of the Christian religion." Vegeta was in shock. The child he had helped bring into the world was, in fact, the famous Jesus Christ! He stared at his hands for a while, and felt a strange sensation of joy.
"Is this what Christmas is about? Love and joy?"
"Yes, Vegeta. This is what Christmas is about. Christmas is about the love and joy brought to the world by the birth of one baby boy."
"The Savior, Jesus Christ." He smiled at his guardian. "Let's go back now. I've got something I would like to do."
A portal opened, and Vegeta was whisked back to his time by Navida.
A/N: That was pretty sappy. More sappyness (is that a word?) on the way in the Epilogue of "Feliz Navidad"!