Kitty: This chapter is little bit shorter than usual...

Lina: (shrugs) I'm sure it'll be okay, Hikari.

Kitty: I'm sure it will, I just thought I'd warn them.

Yugi: R&R!

Chapter Eleven:

Christmas Memories

"Harry!"

The Boy Who Lived turned to see someone running toward him.

"Dare!" Harry said, before rushing into an explanation, "Dare, I swear, it wasn't me, I didn't hurt-"

"I know," Diana stopped him, "I was an idiot not to believe you-"

"Well, I do speak Parseltongue, you had reason to suspect-"

"But you're my friend, and I should've trusted you."

Harry and Diana looked at each other for a moment, and then they both smiled.

"Thanks for believing me," muttered Harry.

Diana ruffled his hair so that it was even messier than usual. "Hey…what are friends for?"

It was then that Atem appeared in his spirit form next to Harry.

"What are you doing with the Millennium Ring, Dare-kun?" the Pharaoh inquired curiously.

Harry looked down to see that Diana was indeed wearing the Millennium Ring.

"Substitute host," Diana said with a frown, "Bakura's not taking this too well…I thought I'd give him some quiet time…"

Atem looked surprised. "Looks like I underestimated the Tomb Robber in the 'feelings' department…"

Christmas was coming. The list to go home seemed to be getting longer and longer and the list to stay was almost non-existent. However, Harry, Diana, the Weasleys, Hermione, Marik and Seto all signed up to stay, for they knew Malfoy would be staying for the holidays too, and would be the perfect time to use the Polyjuice Potion.

When Christmas dawned, Diana, Harry, Ron and Hermione brought down all their gifts to the Great Hall so they could meet with Marik and Seto.

Diana had bought Seto a large picture frame with sapphire Blue Eyes White Dragons encrusted on the side ("Special request, I assume?" grinned Seto), Ron a starter dueling deck ("Maybe you can actually give me a challenge," Diana laughed) and Hermione, Marik and Harry a brand new book of jinxes and spells ("Are you hinting something here?" asked Hermione).

It was then that an owl swooped down onto the Gryffindor table.

"It's Kisara!" said Marik.

Kisara had a huge package tied to her leg and a letter in her beak. Diana removed her burden and Seto stroked the owl's feathers to praise it.

"It's from Kara and Kitty!" Diana told the others, opening up the letter and reading it out loud:

Konnichiwa all!

Kara-kun and I got back from the U.S. with no problems. I MET JOSH GROBAN! He is so nice, and he and Kara-kun even did a duet together at the concert…but don't worry, Marik-kun, Josh knows Kara-kun's taken. He even asked how you were doing! Kara-kun was rather flattered he knew so much about her, when she in reality didn't know that much about him!
I received Ryou's letter when I returned to Domino, and I'm completely and totally freaked. I'm saying this rather calmly, as Kara-kun can tell how much I sulked after I read the letter. Still, I know Yugi will be alright and I do hope it will be soon, as the thought of him being far away and unable to write is almost unbearable. As it's Christmas, I know today should be for happy things, so I shall put aside this topic for the moment, although it no doubt will be brought up again in a little while. Kara-kun enclosed presents for all of you in the red package; I do hope you like them. There's one additional purple-wrapped present in there I'd like you to save for me. I don't mind if you open it, but do take good care of it. The twins and Kara-kun pass on their love to Marik-kun, and Melisanne-kun says to Seto that Mokuba can't wait to hear from him, as he can hardly stand having his brother so far away, as well as Seth-kun. I do hope all of you are alright, and write back soon.

Happy Christmas!

Kitty

Diana opened up the huge package, and inside were smaller, different-colored packages, each marked for one of them. Marik's was a rather handsome gold watch, with a picture of him, Kara and the twins behind the watch hands.

"As if I need more gold to wear," Marik joked, but he fondly put the watch around his wrist anyway.

Seto's was a new silver laptop, which was enclosed with a note from Melisanne saying that she got permission from Dumbledore to enchant it so it could be used at the magical school, where other Muggle objects wouldn't work.

"Now I can make sure these idiots I call my employees are actually doing their job," Seto said with a smirk.

Diana's and Hermione's were CDs of the U.S. concert, with personalized autographs from Josh Groban on each of them, and Harry's and Ron's were new boaster packs of Duel Monster cards that Kitty said had just arrived at the Kame Game Shop.

As Harry looked through the new Duel Monster cards with wide eyes, Diana unwrapped the only remaining package, the purple one Kitty mentioned, unable to hold back her curiosity.

It was a gold music box, and engraved on the top were the words:

Aishiteru eien ni.

"'I'll love you for eternity,'" Marik whispered.

Marik's words took a second to sink in, then Diana hesitantly opened up the music box.

On the inside was a nighttime scene with glittering silver stars and a gold moon, and moving around the box as the tune played were small multi-colored lights like fireworks.

"That song," muttered Seto, "Where have I heard it…?"

"It's by Josh Groban," Hermione realized, "That's 'To Where You Are.'"

Diana absently muttered the words to herself in her hoarse, quiet singing voice,

"Who can say for certain…
Maybe you're still here.
I feel you all around me,
Your memory's so clear…

Deep in the stillness,
I can hear you speak…
You're still an inspiration,
Can it be

That you are my Forever Love?
That you are watching me from up above?
Fly me up to where you are beyond the distant stars…
I wish upon tonight to see you smile…
If only for a while to know you're there…
A breath away's not far to where you are…"

Diana felt her eyes fill up with tears as she remembered something.

"Yugi…said last year he'd stay for Christmas this time around," she whispered, "And yet he's still not here."

There was a short silence, and then Diana closed the music box.

"C'mon…" she said gruffly, tucking it into her schoolbag, "Let's finish up that potion."

Marik leveled out the Polyjuice Potion into four glasses, as Diana, Harry and Ron entered Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.

"Did you get the hairs?" asked Hermione.

Diana nodded, holding up the hair she plucked off of Pansy Parkinson's scalp. "I shoved 'em in a broom cloest, hope you don't mind..."

Seto laughed. "Like anyone here would mind seeing Crabbe, Goyle and Pansy Parkinson shoved in a corner of the broomstick cupboard?"

Marik sighed. "Alright, then... the potion's all ready. Now all we need are the hairs."

Hermione went first, dropping Millicent Bulstrode's hair that she'd gotten off her robes into her glass. The potion frothed and bubbled, before turning a bright yellow.

"Yuck," commented Ron, "Essense of Millicent Bulstrode."

Diana put hers next; her potion also bubbled and foamed before turning a purplish-brown. Harry and Ron then added theirs, and theirs turned to a murky brown and a disgusting khaky shade.

"I think you guys should take off your Millennium Items," said Marik to Harry and Diana, "As long as they're not in your mind when you drink the potion, you guys should be alright."

Feeling slightly guilty of leaving the Yamis alone again, but thinking about helping their respective Hikaris, Harry and Diana took off the Millennium Items and handed them to Seto.

The four Gryffindors headed into seperate stalls.

"Drink up, me hearties, yo ho," Diana sighed, before gulping down the potion.

Kitty: I'll just stop it there.

Yugi: That music box...explain.

Kitty: (sighs) That gift was a salut to Claire's 14th birthday fic for me, fireworks and all.

Lina: (pouts) Reviews, Kara?

Kara: 4, and the first is from ANAYAS-CREATOR.

Kitty: (cries after she reads it)

Yugi: Meh, Kitty does typos every-so-often...and Creevey gives us the creeps too...

Kitty: And I can't promise any of the chars are safe...again, IT'S THE PLOT BUNNY'S FAULT!

Lina: Next is Rainbow Guardian Angel.

Kitty: The plot bunny's evil, I know... (cries)

Diana: (glares) SORRY! It's not my fault I'm suspicious at first! I knew he couldn't have done it later when I really thought about it. Besides, I'm the Heir of Artemis, and I'm a Gryffindor.

Kitty: (smiles awkwardly at Mizumi and Slypher)

Kara: And now...Claire.

Kitty: I was looking forward to your review! (glomps you) And thanks for reading Tenshi of Games!

Yugi: I hate Abigail. She should die.

Kitty: (nods solemnly) Definitely. There is a special area of Hell waiting for jealous whores like her.

Hermione: YES!

Kitty: (grins) That will be fun to write, I assure you. (glomps the adorable Simba) He kind of reminds me of my old Paddington bear...I chewed off his ears when I was little, but I still loved him.

Everyone: (SWEATDROP)

Atem: Just goes to show you...love really CAN be panful and beautiful at the same time.

Kara: And last...ZeldaAlly!

Kitty: And according to her list... (shoves the BB gun into her Yami's hands) It's Lina's turn to shoot Jake!

Lina: (grins evilly) I'm going to enjoy this! (shoots all around the tree and then finally hits Jakes twice in the head)

Jake: (like Chuckie the doll) Wow...that was fun...

Kitty: AHHH! The reincarnation of Chuckie! (hides behind Yugi) saaaaaaavvve meeeeee...

Yugi: (glares at Lina) Shoot the little bastard before things get worse.

Lina: (shoots Jake five more times in the head)

Ryou: (sighs) And the plot bunny is just plain evil.

Kitty: (grins) And I like updating a lot...thanks to my new Internship class, I get my homework done at school, so I have more time to update!

Bakura: R&R!