"This happens every year we don't skip Japan, damn it!"

"But they put up so many lights..."

"It was about time we got rid of this Santa."

"Prancer! You shouldn't say that!"

"Why do they always get like that anyway?" Commet turned his head and glanced at Kikyou, who was not a pretty sight.

"It's the elves! We put in cable and they all decided to grow up and become sexy. Then they go seduce Santa!"

"And they all become sex crazed!"

"Alcoholics!" bellowed Blitzen.

"But you know, that blonde that ties the ribbons, she's pretty hot."

"Cupid, that's sick. You know you guys aren't even sexually compatible."

"People, people, we got to get down to business. We need to dispose of the current Santa and call in for a newbie from the GAI." At the mention of the God's Apprentice Institute the bickering soon came to a close. The reindeer all nodded and proceeded to wriggle free from the harnesses. The first ones out grabbed Kikyou by the sleeves while the others began to open a portal.

"Make it into a volcano, I think she once said she wanted to be cremated." Prancer acknowledged and changed the destination; heat soon blasted out of a small opening. Three reindeer lugged Kikyou over and finally shoved her inside. Meanwhile, Rudolph finished making another portal to the GAI campus.

"Quick, before anyone sees us." As Rudolph climbed in after the rest and began closing it, he noticed an open door. strange.

The girl closed her eyes. A dead drunk in a Santa outfit... Does that mean you need an ambulance? Reindeer that were pulling a sleigh... Maybe I should call one of those wild animal crisis hotlines... yeah. It never occurred to her to rouse her parents. Instead she walked inside without a second glance back in search of a phonebook. By the time she got out again, phone and phone book in hand, the reindeer and drunkard had left. The girl looked this way and that, searching, seeing only white... and a few brown spots. She dropped the items in her hands and crept out, her feet crying in pain at the cold. After a few steps, she reached the sleigh.

It was beautiful. As she traced her fingers along the side, she tried to depict the story illustrated. First came the picture of a girl, totally in the nude. Her gaze was up to the sky, and her head seemed to be empty. Stars were moving through it to express the arid emptiness within. It didn't seem like such a nice thing to suggest about a girl, but she was pretty enough to get by without a brain. Her fingers moved on. Then came a boy. He was in what seemed to be a thorn bush. The girl furrowed her eyebrows and rubbed the smudge off his face. When she lifted her thumb, she thought what a cute little boy. She smiled. Having an angel little brother made her biased. Then came a confusion of tornado like depictions, little stick men with pointy sticks, angry people, sad people, and lots of problems... then back to the girl. She was floating in the air, nearly transparent, crowning the little boy with a laurel wreath. The girl was thoroughly confused but still liked it anyway.

Next she jumped into the cart for clues. Evidence of drinking, and gizmos! She cautiously pushed a few random knobs and when a keyboard came out, she typed 'what the hell'. Something from the heart; when the machine actually reacted. A little drawer popped out to reveal a katana. She grinned at the oddity and carefully gripped it in her hands pretending to be her father. What odd people. When it began to pulse. She tried to let go, but her fingers wouldn't move. A voice began to speak inside her head and everything became dark.

I, the Sword appointed to position 7004-LUK fat pedophile more like it

Give unto this human, Sango, all my power and abilities to aid her in this perilous task of Christmas bla bla bla, n00b better not piss me off like the last one.

What the hell? and don't you dare call me n00b!

Ah, so they sent in someone slightly better than low. You have some skillz and an okay connection with the flow.

No, no, no, I don't care about that. Tell me what's going on. Why is there another personality in my head! And why's it dark!

You have been appointed guardian of Xmas, a.k.a. Santa. I help you along with the hard stuff like breaking and entering and you deliver goodies once a year.

That doesn't help. Let me clue you in. I live in the house that was right next to the sleigh. I accidentally, indirectly, killed this so called Santa. Came to investigate, pushed a few buttons, got you stuck to my hands, and now look what you've done. I'm in a dark hole! Sango started getting angry.

WHAT? It's impossible! What are you talking about? The improbability of that happening has been calculated to a zero! It's like .000000001. And I've already gone through the whole ritual! Argh Argh.

They both stared at each other(as well as one could in a dark pit). Now that the sword actually contacted the flow about it, it was right. This girl was clueless.

How did you get past the barriers? Only people connected with the flow can get by. And know which buttons to push!

I don't know! What the hell is this FLOW?

They both were getting a bit hysterical.

It's... everything. You know Star Wars? It's kinda like the force, except it's being one with everything. You let go of who you are and submerge into everything else.

The sword began to relax; this was stuff he knew.

It's meditation to another level because people born with the gift can actually become apart of everything. People have it at different levels. If you are a higher level, you can move stuff cause it's like moving your body etc. etc. The greatest being, who we call God, would theoretically have to let go of everything that makes him him and that way become a universal spirit, in a sense. But we don't know anything about that cause none of us have reached that stage.

The sword, glanced at the girl... or what could be called glancing. Both of them had calmed down.

It's a bit more complex than that, but the GAI rounds up anyone with even the tiniest amount of flow and whisks them off to their academy. They have a whole society. You learn, then you get a job. Which, normal to us, might seem abnormal to you... like being Santa! It's a low paying job for the newly graduate, but you know... it's kinda fun... okay okay. Back to the topic. What I'm saying is that they take everybody with an ounce of flow. It's so they can have a lower class to scam off of and not feel too bad about it. So you would have been taken therefore not exist. But here you are. And now they know you exist cause it's gonna be in the records, so you're gonna have to be Santa. Cry, sob, tell me I've ruined your life, that you wanted to be an orthodontist, marry a rich dude...

I actually wanted to run a flower shop. But... Santa definitely sounds more interesting.

Are you shittin' me? You're already resigned to it?

She laughed. It's cause I'm getting use to it, the whole surreal feeling of this place is helping too.

We could do a boarding school cover up, say hello to your parents once in awhile. Okay.. this could work.

With everything taken care of, they were both starting to get pulled out of the darkness. So, while the world was brightening for Sango, the katana was putting all his emotions back into place. The whole affair had opened the floodgates and now he felt a little drained.

Sango felt light against her eyes opened her eyes to the mountain scenery of her hometown and felt a little sad; she'd be leaving it so soon. But she looked down at her new mentor, resting in her hands. The katana looked battered, but the snowflakes that swirled around them made everything so magical, it didn't matter.

What am I going to call you sensei?

Uh... Sirius.

PUHAHAHA.

I totally changed it. but it still might be shitty. darn. the Sirius was for your benefit (joyrok)

uh... it might be boring because of all the ranting i did and the concept wasn't that well explained, and sango isn't really acting like sango. but in this story all her family members weren't murdered by her lil bro, so i though she'd be more happy go lucky. considering she's also connected with the flow teehee.