Anime Christmas Special
Ch. 3; A Shaman King Christmas
December 13th, the interdimensional city between popular Anime worlds is still celebrating. The first thing we see is Mortimer Oyamada (from "Shaman King"), mostly dressed in olive green and reading "A Christmas Carol", then he notices us, "Oh, hello everyone. I'm Mortimer Oyamada, and I'm going to be one of the other many Anime hosts in this fan fiction story on ; my friend Yoh Asakura and the others of course are in this too!"
Yoh Asakura, the main star of "Shaman King" and mellow brown-haired shaman, came around in an orange & white tuxedo with his spirit medium fiancé, Anna Kyôyama, who's dressed in a black kimono with a pink sash. Yoh sees us and says, "Hey, there!" Anna says nothing. Yoh asks, "So, who should we expect, Morty?" Morty asks, "From our world or the other worlds, Yoh?" Yoh said, "From our world of course!" Morty replies, "Hopefully everyone, Christmas is supposed to be for everyone, where they should be together with family and friends."
Anna said, "That's what everyone would want." Yoh looked at Anna with a worried look, "Anna?" We all notice that she had a few tears in her eyes. Morty calmly asks, "Should the short story start now, Anna?" Anna regains her composure, "Sure, whatever."
——Begin Short Story——
The Shaman King Tournament was over, but the holidays are beginning. At the hot springs hotel, it was decorated for the occasion, because Anna had poor Morty work his butt off before the 1st of December. The poor little rich midget didn't look so good the day after hey was finished.
Yoh wondered, "What's wrong, Morty?" Morty replies, "I'm just having a cold, some old fashioned soup & a good nap for a few days, and I'll be right as rain." Anna sternly said, "I can summon an ancient doctor spirit." Amidamaru appears and says, "Now, Anna. We should let Morty be, he has away from his family for long enough." Morty sighed, "Provided that I'm not disowned; my dad says that shamans are nothing but a pack of charlatan witch doctors."
As Morty headed off, Yoh cried a little, but then he cheered up again, "I'm sure something good will happen to Morty." Amidamaru and Anna nodded, ""Uh-huh."
Morty felt so hot in the head that he could barely see what's before him. Little does he realize that he's about to be hit by an oncoming car! About 25 seconds before impact, he fainted. And 5 seconds before the car was about to hit him, a huge pink hand appeared and caught him before it was too late!
In Morty's head, he had visions of seeing a tall blonde-haired man using Mosuke's power through a hammer surrounded by several rings of brightly glowing red runes. Morty shouted, "WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MOSUKE?" A sweet female voice replied, "Who's Mosuke? I've had Lillian, the legendary elven knight and healer, heal you back to health and rescue you, sir."
Morty never heard that voice before, he slowly woke up, rubbing his eyes, and saw a pretty girl with long pointed ears (like an elf's) and long lilac hair hovering above him, she's dressed in a bright pale-blue dress. Morty asked, "Are you an elf?" The elf girl replied, "In intangible mode." Morty reached for her hand and his hand went through hers, he said, "Since when did I arrive at the North Pole?" The unfamiliar but sweet feminine voice giggled, Morty looked behind him and found a girl with raven-black hair and a beautiful body & face, she's dressed in a pink party dress.
Morty blushed at her and asked, "What happened?" The girl replied, "You've had a nasty fever and collapsed on the road, Lillian and I rescued you from an oncoming car. The driver, who suddenly saw you 'flying', is taking some psychiatry downtown. We cured you of your cold."
Morty felt his head; it's no longer feeling hot & heavy, he smiled and bowed to her, "Thank you, miss." The raven-haired girl replied, "my name is Calypso, but my friends call me Callie." Morty hopped out of bed and stared outside the closed window, "Are you a shaman?" Callie replied, "Yes; sort of. I'm a legend medium."
Morty asked, "Legend medium? A spirit medium that summons a spirit that's supposed to be from only legend from anywhere at anytime?" Callie nodded.
It's been a day since Morty left, but Yoh was patient, and now he's shopping for Anna. As he returned to the hotel, he noticed a blue ball of light overhead! "Whoa!" Amidamaru appeared and said, "A sorcerer's at work! I feel it in my instincts!" Yoh rushed to Anna, she was unconscious and sprawled onto her back. Yoh dropped the bags, scooped her up into his arms, and shouted, "Is there a witch doctor in the house?"
The sorcerer Amidamaru appeared, he's clad in black leather, rubber, and iron, his hair is long and white as snow, his skin is bright black, and his eyes were blue but have no pupils. The weapon the sorcerer is wielding is a sword very much like the Sword of Light. He calmly said, "Don't worry, I only struck your fiancé with the back side."
Yoh growled, "Why now of all times? And what kind of human are you?" The sorcerer replied, "I am a Drow. And my name is Muka." As Yoh prepared for battle… a girl's voice was heard chanting from behind… it's Callie, wielding a simple bow and arrow, with a pink spirit ball infusing them together! Yoh asked, "Who are you?" Callie said, "I'm Calypso, a legend medium, this is Lillian, my spirit partner, and I'm after Muka the Drow assassin/sorcerer."
Just like that, Muka channeled his demonic spirit into his sword and said, "This isn't over yet, I'll be back! Demon Gate!" With one slash, Muka opened a doorway into another location in the world and he retreated into it before it vanished.
Yoh frowned, then he turned to Callie and asked, "Okay, Callie, what are you doing here?" Callie said, "Don't worry, Shaman King; Yoh Asakura, Muka will be taken care of and we will have a merry Christmas once again." Yoh said, "I hope so."
As soon as Anna recovered, Morty finally arrived, with company of Ryo and the Dead-Enders.
As soon as he saw Callie, Ryo asked, "Who is this lovely young flower?" Morty explained, "Her name is Calypso, but you can call her Callie, and her spirit partner is an elf named Lillian."
B-Boy came to Yoh and said, "Merry Christmas, Yoh Asakura. The other shaman friends of ours are coming along soon for Christmas." Yoh smiled, "Thanks, B-Boy."
Anna frowned, "I can't believe I had my guard down when that Drow demon sorcerer struck me with that sword." Amidamaru appeared and said, "At least you're okay, Anna." Callie said, "Muka has always been a thorn in my side since I've first laid eyes on him. The reason why I've sent myself to kill him was because he poisoned me years ago, I've managed to slow it down, and I hope to find the antidote. For he knows the cure."
Morty said, "Lillian saved me from a car crash, after that Callie and I have become friends." At that, Yoh's heart felt like it got pierced with a thousand arrows! He slowly sputtered out, "Friends?" Anna curiously asked Morty, "How much close of being friends?"
Unfortunately, nobody answered, later that night, before going to bed, Morty asked Callie as she began falling asleep, "Callie, how long are you going to be able live?" Callie sighed, "Until the 23rd of December, I don't know how to stop this poison for good." Morty asked, "But Muka does, right?" Callie said, "He carries it with him always, until I've become his slave I can't have it." Morty said, "I swear by sometime before Christmas Eve, we will get that antidote and have you cured."
Enlightened by Morty's enthusiasm, Callie felt more ready for bed. As she fell asleep, Morty crept in close to her and gave her a light kiss on the lips. Suddenly, he felt all the weight he felt in his life has been lifted; he rushed away outside that room and felt stronger than before. Before anybody would've known it, Morty has fallen in love.
A week after Callie came to stay at the hotel, their other friends arrived. They were all beginning to notice. On December 12, Tao Jun said, "Yoh, your little friend, Morty, looked like he's on Cloud Nine and is still the same as when I first came here." Horohoro, a.k.a. Trey Racer, agreed, "Yeah, the little dude is busy reading our books on cures."
Anna sighs, "It's obvious that he's in love with a sick girl, and only a shamanistic cure can save her." Yoh realized what was going on, "Oh, yeah! I get it now; Morty's in love with that Callie girl!" Amidamaru finished for his shaman partner, "And he's trying to make a possible cure for that poison Muka implanted into Callie's veins." Ryo asked, "What do we know about Drow?" Anna said, "They hate elves a lot, instead of the woods Drow live in deep dark caves." Yoh rose to his feet and shouted, "To Izumo, then! The Tunnel of Tartarus is the jackpot."
Quickly, everyone wasted no time to get to the Tunnel's entrance; there they've found nothing. Callie tried out Spirit Control, "Lillian; Spirit Form, into my hand!" The result was a glowing pink hand. She touched the ground and saw the past. Callie said, "Morty came here before us and wrestled him, causing him to drop a huge syringe."
Ryo sweatdropped, "Morty's such a brave little guy."
Yoh stepped into the Tunnel and picked up a huge syringe filled with a green fluid. Callie took it and injected it into herself! Tao Len shouted, "Wait! What if that stuff with just the poison that he got into you?" Callie said, "No, I still remember the poison of its color and for how it feels in my veins. This is the antidote. Morty, thank you."
Yoh asked, "Where is Morty anyway?" Callie sighed, "I'm sorry, he pulled Muka in there." Yoh growled, "Let's hope he'll be alright." Tamara came by, "I've sense something coming from the other side!"
They all rushed to the other side of the Tunnel of Tartarus, without entering it, and saw Morty's sprawled onto the ground. Callie used Lillian to feel him, she sighed and said, "He suffered only from the battle, but he's alright and recovering." Ryo asked, "What about Muka?" Callie sneered, "Muka is heading for me."
Back at the temple, belonging to Yoh's family, Morty is resting to recover from the Tunnel and Muka. Faust VIII said, "He'll be better than ever within a few hours." Lyserg sighed, "Great, because of Muka & Calypso, Mortimer has been through hell." Millie wanted to agree, but not to insult Callie, "Callie is a tough but really sweet girl." Lilly said, "I wonder what Muka wants her for."
Callie answered as much as she could; "My father brought him into this world by accident. He was a expert researcher in the art of transubstantiation, turning one substance into another, or in the shamanistic case, giving a spirit a physical body." Lyserg asked, "He killed your father and quickly learned demonic shamanism?" Faust VII asked, "And you want that swine to die, then you've discovered your mother's secretes of legend spirit summoning."
Callie was amazed, "By Jove, how did you know?" Yoh explained, "They sort of had the same experiences." Trey said, "We can't have any evil disrupting the joy of Christmas, Callie." Korri (Kororo) nodded. Lillian said, "What are we waiting for? Let's get that dirty Drow!"
It soon became the afternoon of Christmas Eve, Morty recovered okay, but the dirty rat Muka hasn't been found yet. As the sun was no longer seen, he finally appeared! Trey shouted, "What's the matter, Dracula-dude? Afraid of the sun?"
Muka said, "I'll show you fear, child. Zeke!" The evil ghost of Yoh's brother (known to you as Hao) appeared, and formed into a red spirit ball. Lyserg growled, "Zeke is back!" Yoh followed, "And he appeared to have become Muka's spirit partner!" Muka shouted, "Spirit form; into the sword."
Mortimer's mother and sister saw the glowing lights of the Spirit Control forms taking place. Morty wants to be with Callie, but pretty soon she'll die because of him. He prayed, "I wish for Calypso & Lillian to have the power to send Muka back into the Spirit World." Suddenly a large red energy flowed through him, a familiar masculine voice said to him, "I'll help grant your wish as much as possible, Morty."
Back in the city, everyone is giving his or her best against Muka & Zeke, but the unified force of the two were simply too strong, sending every one of them crashing to the cement or asphalt.
Amidamaru spoke from Yoh's Spirit Sword, "Zeke must be telling Muka every move we all know. We should try to attack in different ways." Trey asked, "But how?" Lenny agreed, "Yes, if Zeke is now powerful alongside with that Drow sorcerer, than we should have plenty of problems to defeat him." Muka overheard their little conversation and said, "There's nothing you can do." A new voice said, "Oh yes there is."
Everyone looked overhead; a mallet-like spacecraft glowing red appeared from the skies. It has an arrowhead-shaped bridge at the end of the 'handle', and three circular jets in the back. The same voice shouted, "Celestial Beams!" From various parts of the spacecraft, came multiple beams of light, shooting down at Muka & Zeke. Every time he tried to reflect attacks, Muka redirected the beam attacks at Yoh & the others, but instead of hurting them…
Yoh exclaimed, "My power, it's growing!" Amidamaru said, "I feel it too!" Ryo said, "Now that's a strange alien ship." Lenny said, "Maybe that's because it's somebody's Spirit Control."
Muka shifted Zeke's power to form a jet fighter and rode it into the sky towards the spacecraft. "Tractor Beam." A blue beam of light shot from the bridge and brought Yoh & the others aboard. Inside they found a blonde-haired boy that looks almost like Yoh. He said to them, "Hang on." The ship flew beyond the stratosphere, surprisingly, he's still holding onto the power to support them all.
Yoh asked, "What are we all doing up here? Who are you?" Faust sniffed the boy's hair, and said, "Mortimer?" Everyone else (except the blond boy) exclaimed in confusion, "MORTY?" Yoh asked, "How could Morty do this? He's not a shaman and he's really short." Mosuke's voice answered, "With my power, he can make the difference." Amidamaru said, "Mosuke, not bad at all."
Morty said, "Unite Amidamaru with Mosuke, Yoh." Yoh said, "Okay." As the two spirits united, the ship reformed into a red & blue spacecraft shaped like the Protector (A/N: Haven't you seen "Galaxy Quest"?). Muka's 'Zeke-craft' crept closer and grew bigger.
Callie said, "Lillian, unite with the ship!" Again Morty's ship changed shape again, this time it's eagle-shaped with solid red feathers! Together, Yoh, Morty, & Callie shouted, "Celestial Slash!" The transformed ship tore through the 'Zeke-craft' like butter, as it tried to reunite together. Morty said, "Don't laugh."
Muka looked at his stomach, his upper and lower torsos have been completely severed when the ship cut through his. KABOOM! An explosion occurred from where the 'Zeke-craft' used to be (like in "Star-gate")!
As Christmas Eve to complete nightfall, Morty used Mosuke's power to morph back into his midget form. Pelicca groaned, "I liked you better as a blonde Yoh Asakura double." Morty faintly said, "Whatever."
Callie said her good-byes, leaving Mortimer in tears, but he's glad to know that she will live longer. When Christmas came at last, he found a letter from Callie telling him that she will help him become a better shaman and better man if he and his friends came along, as well as a ruby heart with her name on it.
——End Short Story——
Mortimer sighs, "That was the most wonderful Christmas story this author wrote about me." Yoh laughed, "I guess Faust wasn't kidding that your body could hold a great secret." Trey came by snowboard and said, "Yeah, but we could've at least all combined our powers and tear that Zeke-craft to frozen shreds." Lenny said (we notice he's got several smooch marks on his face), "I don't think that would be possible, our author of this fan fiction needs to place down a Christmas song or at least end this chapter."
Yoh laughs again, "Luckily, he's got us a short but very catchy one called 'Jingle Bell Rock', by Bobby Helms. Cue the music, dudes!"
——Jingle Bell Rock——Bobby Helms——
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun.
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air.
What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh
Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet
That's the jingle bell,
That's the jingle bell,
That's the jingle bell rock.
——End Song——
Trey says, "That was it?" Lenny followed, "It was dumb!" Trey says, "It was pointless!" Lenny said, "It was obvious!" Trey calmly said, "It was short." But together in smiles, they shout out, "I LOVED IT!" Yoh calls out to us, "Merry Christmas to all of you kids out there!" Anna smiles and kisses Yoh on the cheek, "And see the next few interdimensional friends of ours!"
To be continued…