Chapter 6: A Christmas Carol.
By Ninetalesuk.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Well, people! Here it is! The main event! Before I begin, I have something to say!
Cave Cat, me and Youko have talked about your question and both of us have agreed about our reason why. The reason why I haven't added your Digimon in and added Youko's is simple... She isn't annoying me by asking me to add her Digimon in every single review. Unlike you who is starting to get on my nerves. Sorry but, you can get everything you wanted.
And now, onto chapter 6!
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A huge audience was present as Sonic the Hedgehog came onto stage, smiling. "All right, everyone! Welcome to the Christmas Carol play! Tonight, be amazed of what these actors and actresses can do! If it is like the play last year... whoops." He grinned as the audience laughed. "OK! Let's begin the play shall we? Take it away, Atemu!"
Atemu, or Yami Yugi, bowed. He looked at the papers he held and coughed. "Old London, England during the 1800s. Christmas was coming... Children were playing through the blankets of snow while others were buying gifts for their friends and family. Everyone was happy, except one. His name is Ebenezer Scrooge... A man who's heart was filled with cold and hatered. He and his partner, Jacob Marley, were both cruel businessmen. When Jacob died, Scrooge was still the same... and he hate Christmas..."
The stage beside Atemu lighted up to show Inumon, dressed as Scrooge, walking towards a door. He looked at the sign where it says 'Scrooge and Marley', the snow covering the Scrooge name... Inumon used the cane he held to knock the snow off, only to have a huge amount to fall on him. "YARGH!!!"
Ash, one of the main characters from Pokemon, was in the audience and was grinning as well. "Oh yeah... this is gonna be like last years..."
In the backstage, Vector was grinning sheepishly at the fuming Knuckles. "I guess I kinda put too much snow, huh...?"
"Gee... you think...?" Knuckles muttered.
After Inumon pulled himself out of the snow, he went through the door and into a room with an office. Agumon was sitting at a desk, wearing some old clothes. He looked at Inumon and bowed. "Good evening, Mr Scrooge. How are you?"
"Good evening, Bob Cratchit... Fine... Just a bit snowed in..." Inumon muttered dryly. "Keep on working!"
Agumon nodded. "Yes, sir... May I ask you for a request?"
"What is it?" Inumon asked.
"It's Christmas Eve, sir... I wonder if I may have permission to leave early to join my family for this wonderful Christmas world." Agumon said.
Mighty whispered to Espio in the backstage. "Soppy, huh?"
"Guess Agumon can't help it that he is a bad actor..." Espio muttered.
Growling, Inumon turned around. "Fine... I give you permission! Don't blame me if your pay is low. Now, finish off your work!"
Agumon nodded. "Thank you, sir..." He walked over to where the door is to pick up some wood when the door flew open and slammed Agumon. "OW!!!"
Davis walked in with a smile. "Hi there, uncle!" He looked behind the door with a sheepish grin. "Sorry about that Mr Cratchit..."
"No problem..." Agumon choked as he was flatten against the wall. "Just wanted to see what the door looked like up close anyway..."
"What do you want, you annoying nephew of mine?!" Inumon growled.
Davis grinned. "Well... I wonder if you would like to join me in a wonderful Christmas dinner tomorrow, dear uncle of mine."
Inumon shook his head. "No way! Christmas is pathetic! If I see a Xmas dinner, I will be sick!" He grabbed Davis by the back of his shirt and threw the door open again, onto Agumon again. "GET OUT!" He slammed it before turning to the flatten Agumon. "What happened to you?"
Agumon freed himself and walked around, dizzly. "Just... checking the patterns... on the door..."
"Your strange..." Inumon muttered.
In the backstage, Velene sweatdropped with Knuckles. "At least Agumon is joining in with Inumon's fun of pain..."
Knuckles nodded. "Yeah... for how long?"
"Later on, Scrooge has let Cratchit go early and also decided to go home early as well. When he got home, Scrooge was eating his lunch while the room was dark, lit by the fire... when all the sudden..." Atemu continued.
Inumon sat at a chair, eating some foot when the door started to rattle. "What in the...?"
From the door came an spooky voice. "Scrooge... Scrooge... Scrooge..."
"Wha...What? Wh...Who's there...?" Inumon studdered.
"Scrooge... Scrooge..... OPEN THE DOOR!!!" Yelled the voice.
Inumon sweatdropped. "Huh...?!"
Behind the door was Joey dressed in a white sheet with chains around him. He was busy rattling the door. "Gah! Stupid door is stuck!"
"AGAIN?!" Knuckles groaned as he walked up. "Just perfect..."
Joey slammed his fist against the door, over and over again. "OPEN UP YOU STINKING PIECE OF WOOD! OPEN UP!"
"Allow me..." Knuckles muttered before he slammed his fist into the door and forced it open. "And now... GET IN!!!"
Jumping, Joey leapt through the door to see a amused Inumon. "Right... ahem... Scrooge... do you know who I am?"
"A jumping ghost?" Inumon joked.
Joey sweatdropped. "NO! I am the ghost of your old partner, Jacob Marley! For every cruel deed I have done throughout the living, I am cursed by being bounded with these chains and walk around the spiritual world with them!"
"Really?" Inumon asked, pretending to act scared.
"Yes... and it could happen to you as well, Scrooge!" Joey said, pointing to Inumon. "Unless you can change your ways!!!"
Inumon gulped. "How...?"
"By midnight tonight... you'll be visited by three ghosts! At each gong, one of those three will appear and you must listen to them well as they will make sure your heart will be open!" Joey said before turning around. "I see you around..."
"B...Bye, Jacob..." Inumon studdered.
Joey continued to walk to the door when he tripped on his sheet and fell through the door. "YARGH!!!" He soon stopped when he crashed into the wall. "Ow..."
"Nice exit..." Knuckles muttered in sarcasim.
In the audience, Misty turned to Ash. "I've read the Christmas Carol, Ash... It never went this quick. I wonder why..."
"Guess they have to do it quickly, Misty... Seeing as it is ending up like last year's." Ash said, petting Pikachu on the head.
Laughing, Atemu started to read the next scene. "Scrooge didn't believe a word what Jacob said and decided to go to bed. Later that night, while he slept... he heard his clock striking 12..."
When Inumon heard the gongs striking 12, he shot from from his bed with a shock look. "It's midnight... Will it actually happen...?"
/CLANG!/
Inumon blinked at that. "Clang? I thought it was going to be bong..."
In the backstage, Knuckles was holding a mallet and watched with amusement as his friend Vector shook about as he wore a metallic knight's armour. "How is it?"
"F-i-n-e, K-n-u-c-k-l-e-s... W-h-y m-e...?" Vector shuddered as he shook along with the armour.
Smirking, Knuckles held the mallet up. "Do you honestly think I would forget the bazooka thing from the snowball battle, Vector? Well, do ya?"
"N-o-w y-o-u m-e-n-t-i-o-n-e-d i-t.... n-o...!" Vector muttered.
Back at the play, Velene walked into the scene wearing an angel's outfit. She looked at Inumon and bowed. "Greetings, I am the Ghost of Christmas Past."
"Really...? And what do you do?" Inumon asked.
Sweatdropping, Velene groaned. "Scrooge, my job is to show you your past... Follow me!" She grabbed Inumon by his arm and lead him to a door which she opens. "My goodness... is that you? You look terrible..."
"Your right, I never knew I look so horrible during my younger years." Inumon said.
You see, they are pretending to look through the door as a window of Inumon's past. Whom they are calling ugly was none other than...
"ZIP IT!!! GO THROUGH THE OTHER ROUTE!!!" Knuckles yelled.
Laughing, Velene and Inumon quickly ran off in the other direction, leaving a fuming red echidna behind as they went onto their next scene.
"Taking him through the tunnel of time, the Ghost of Christmas Past brought Scrooge to a past he has tried to forget..." Atemu continued. "During the younger life of Scrooge, he once had someone he loved... A girl called Isabelle. Sadly, they broke up and the Ghost of Christmas Past brought Scrooge to that very day when he broke up with his one true love..."
Inumon and Velene hid behind some bushes as they saw Flamedramon, as the younger Scrooge, and BelleHuskymon, as Isabelle, sitting at a bench.
Inumon gasped. "That's me... and Isabelle..."
Velene nodded. "Yes, Scrooge... This is you... This is the day when you broke up with her..."
"No..." Inumon muttered in horror.
BelleHuskymon, acting as Isabelle, took her role too seriously. She grabbed Flamedramon's arm with tears falling from her eyes. "WHY, SCROOGE?! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ME?! WHY?!"
Flamedramon, playing as younger Scrooge, sweatdropped at BelleHuskymon's overacting as he started to get up. "I decided it is for the best, Isabelle. I have much other things to do... Goodbye..."
"NOO!!! I WON'T LET YOU GO!!!" BelleHuskymon screamed, leaping and grabbing Flamedramon while crying a massive waterfall of tears. "YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ME!!!"
Too bad for Flamedramon as he was now on the floor, trying to drag himself with his claws. "ARGH! I'm glad to have a short part but... why did it had to be something suicidal...? HELP!"
Espio and Mighty leaned out and grabbed Flamedramon by his claws, dragging him away with BelleHuskymon clutching to his stomach.
"Since when did two animal anthros like us have to drag Scrooge?" Mighty asked.
Espio sighed. "Since he is stuck with BelleHuskymon... come on!"
With a huge sweatdrop, Velene looked at Inumon. "So... you see...?"
"See what...?" Inumon asked.
"Well..... well..... well..... Never mind." Velene muttered, pouting.
"And after that..... important vision...." Atemu said, uncertain about the lines after what just happened. "The Ghost of Christmas Past transported Scrooge back to his bed where he shall wait for his next arrival..."
/CLANG!/
"S-T-O-P I-T, K-N-U-C-K-L-E-S!!!" Yelled Vector.
Walking over to a door, Inumon saw light underneath the crack and gulped. "My next visitor is in there..." He grabbed the doorknob and tried to open it but... "Erm... I can't open the door..."
Silence until Inumon heard yelling from the other side of the door. The yelling belonged to Knuckles. "HUSKYMON!!! REMOVE THE FOOD FROM THE DOOR!!!"
"OK, OK..." Muttered Huskymon. There was soon sounds of moving as Huskymon moved the food off the door and soon opened it. "Hi, you must be Scrooge! I am the Ghost of Christmas Present."
A sweatdrop from Inumon as he entered the room. "Right... Erm, so what will you be showing me?"
"Well... do you remember your loyal worker? Bob Scratchit?" Huskymon asked.
"Cratchit.." Inumon corrected.
Huskymon shrugged. "Whatever... do you know he has kids?"
Inumon nodded. "Yeah, I do."
"Did you know he has a son that is ill? Ill enough to die?" Huskymon asked.
Gasping, Inumon stepped back. "R...Really...? You mean, Tiny Tim....?"
"Yep... Follow me! I shall show you..." Huskymon said, walking away.
"Over to where the food is?" Inumon asked.
Snapping her fingers, Huskymon took a different route. "Dang... Almost got away with it..."
Inumon rolled his eyes as he followed Huskymon. "Yeah... right..."
"Scrooge follows the Ghost of Christmas Present until they arrived at a small house..." Atemu said, still reading.
Slowly walking beside Huskymon, Inumon peered into the window. "What... is this place...?"
"This is the house of Bob Scratchit... And look inside..." Huskymon said.
"It's Cratchit..." Inumon muttered. Looking inside, Inumon saw Agumon walking with Furrymon in his arms while.... erm, BIYOMON was taking care of the Eevee. Then, he blinked and whispered to Huskymon. "What is Biyomon doing here? I thought it was Renamon acting as Bob's wife..."
"Well... Renamon didn't want to make the audience snigger at the thought of a small dinosaur and a tall fox anthro being married so, she talked both Knuckles and Biyomon to have her removed and make Biyomon take her place." Huskymon explained, whispering back to Inumon.
"OK... when did this happen?" Inumon asked, whispering.
Giggling, Huskymon whispered back. "2 seconds before the start of the show..."
Sweatdropping, Inumon groaned. "Oh brother..." Then, he went back on task. "So, what is going on in there?"
"Watch..." Huskymon said, pointing to the window.
Inside, Furrymon as Tiny Tim and a few Eevees that are Tiny Tim's brothers and sisters started to act as a familiar character. Agumon and Biyomon sweatdropped at their antics. "Kids... It's time for dinner..."
"Yeah... and you better stop before he notices whom your acting as..." Biyomon added.
The door opened and Knuckles' head appeared, looking a bit mad. "They are acting as me, aren't they?"
The sweatdrops got bigger on Agumon and Biyomon's head as Furrymon and the Eevee giggled. "Yep..."
Looking nervous, Inumon turned to Huskymon. "So... erm..."
Sighing, Huskymon turned around. "Tiny Tim there has a problem... For he, or she, has a limp and it could turn into a disease that could end his life, even though she isn't showing her limping... If he doesn't get any proper treatment, this could be his last Christmas."
"Oh no..." Inumon gasped in horror.
"Oh yes... Now come... let's get outta here before Knuckles blows a fuse!" Huskymon quickly said before she ran off.
Inumon nodded and followed Huskymon. "Wait for me!"
"Scrooge found himself back in his bed, waiting for the final call for the final ghost to appear." Atemu said.
/CLANG!/
"D-O-E-S A-N-Y-O-N-E N-E-E-D M-I-L-K-S-H-A-K-E?!" Vector screamed.
Inumon, in his bed, started to shake. "The third call... which means, he might be here..."
Indeed as a tall figure that was covered in a black cloak walked slowly into the room, cold eyes that was glaring upon Inumon. As he continued to walk...
/BONG!/
Sweatdropping, the cloaked figure turned around and slowly walked back from the way the came.
/BONG!/
Inumon sweatdropped. "Huh...?"
"POW!!!/
"OW!!! TRISTAN!!! CAN'T YOU TAKE A JOKE!!!" Yelled Joey as he rubbed his head while holding a CD player which was playing the start of the theme song of WWE's Undertaker.
Walking back in slowly, the tall figure stood in front of Inumon, glaring at him. Shuddering, Inumon got up. "A...Are you the Ghost of Christmas Future?"
The ghost slowly nodded.
"And you've came to show what happens to me in the future?" Inumon asked. The ghost nodded. "Why don't you speak?"
Sweatdropping, the ghost slapped his head as Tristan said. "Because the Ghost of Christmas Future don't have any lines!"
Inumon sweatdropped. "Oh yeah..."
Sighing, Tristan grabbed Inumon by his arm and lead him away. "Follow me...."
"The Ghost of Christmas Future lead Scrooge to a graveyard where his darkest future shall be revealed..." Atemu said.
Walking through a fake graveyard, Tristan pointed to a gravestone with a dark voice. "Look..."
Looking at the gravestone up close, Inumon looked confused. "Erm... who is Kenshin Tsubasa and Miaka Tsubasa?"
"HUH?!" Tristan called out, looking at the gravestone up close. He grabbed Inumon and dragged him away. "Wrong one..." He walked up to another and pointed at it. "Look!"
Again, Inumon looked up close and blinked again. "Now, who is Kotori Ayanami?"
Growling, Tristan whipped his hood off and stomped over to another stone. "Stupid hood! I can't see ANYTHING with that on!" He pointed to the third stone. "LOOK! It's the right one!"
Sighing, Inumon looked close and paled. "Oh no... Tiny Tim...? He's..."
"Yes... and now, look over there..." Tristan said, pointing to a lonely grave.
Walking over to it, Inumon saw in horror. "Ebenezer Scrooge? It's me..."
Nodding, Tristan walked beside Inumon. "This will be your fate unless you change your ways..."
"NO!!! I'LL CHANGE! I'LL SAVE TINY TIM! I'LL DO ANYTHING!" Inumon cried, grabbing Tristan by his legs.
Sweatdropping, Tristan sighed. "OK... You have got one change if you do me one favour... don't pull a BelleHuskymon..."
"The next morning has arrived and Scrooge has finally awoken from his sleep." Atemu said. "With a new sense of purpose..."
Leaping out of his bed, Inumon ran over to the window. "The spirits are giving me another chance! I must take it!"
He flew the windows open and... /BAM!!!/ "OW!!!" Looking down, Inumon saw Mighty standing there, rubbing his nose after getting slammed by the window. "My nose..."
"My dear fellow, what day is it today?" Inumon asked.
Holding his nose, Mighty replied. "Tas Christmaz Daya."
"Thank you. Here..." Inumon handed Mighty some money. "Use this to fix your nose..."
"How bout flastic lergury..." Mighty muttered, still holding his noise.
"Told you not to be near the window..." Espio said.
"YHUT HP!!!" Mighty yelled out.
Laughing, Atemu continued to read. "Scrooge soon showed the world that he has changed and later, made Bob Cratchit his business partner before spending time with Cratchit's family throughout Christmas dinner. After which, only one thing that Scrooge has to say out of all of this..."
"MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!" Inumon called out.
"God bless us, everyone!" Furrymon added.
/CLANG!!!/
"I-T-'-S O-V-E-R, K-N-U-C-K-L-E-S!!! S-T-O-P I-T!!!" Vector screamed.
Sonic appeared on stage and gave up the thumbs up. "The end!"
And the audience clapped.
TO BE CONTINUED...
If your wondering who is Kenshin Tsubasa, Miaka Tsubasa andKotori Ayanami.... Well, Youko will explain!
Hope you enjoyed that. Next chapter is the final and soon, the Mega Crossover shall continue! Until the next time, see ya!