Summary: It's three days before Christmas and Yugi's in search for the perfect gift. Ryou is in danger of being kicked out of his apartment, Joey has a plan, and, what's this, Kaiba in a Santa suit? All while the three yami's experience their first Christmas. Beware of the fruitcake and the holiday lights; this is a Yu-gi-oh Christmas.

Author's Note: First of all this is my first fan fiction, so please go easy on me. I will take helpful criticism but please reframe from flaming me. Also this is not yellowfariy writing this story. This is my sister's screen name, however I have her permission to use her account to write this story.

Secondly this is my original story, if there is a similar story out there I am sorry, I have not read your work and therefore did not know you had similar ideas.

Ok now that that's out of the way, a little note about the characters, there will be no bashing of any kind. Any thing that happens will be strictly for the plot of the story and is not meant personally against the characters themselves.

I will try to keep the characters personalities as close to the original Japanese version as I can. Please bare in mind though all I have to go on is the American Dub and manga volumes one through six.

I will be using the American names for the most part simply because I do not know how to spell all of the Japanese names. I will however uses Japanese names for Ryou Bakura and Malik Ishtar, for the sake of their darker halves who, as far as I know did not receive names other then "Spirit of the Ring" and "Malik's dark side". Yami's and hikari's have separate bodies.

Yugi hikari

Yami yami (real brain buster)

Ryou hikari

Bakura yami

Malik hikari

Marik yami

"Talking"

/ Speaking through mind link /

action and sounds

'Thoughts'

One more quick note Ryou and Bakura will have British dialog, because again I've only heard the dubbed version, that and I like typing the word "bloody". Joey's dialog will sound normal only because I don't want to deal with spell check. By the way is there anyone who can tell me how to get that accent for Tea's name? I'd write Anzu, but I'd like to stay with English names for the most part.

Warnings: None except for some bad language.

Couplings: I'm not a big romance writer, but there will be hinting of Joey and Mai. Also I'll have the Tristan /Serenity/ Duke triangle.

This takes place after Battle City but before the Doom Saga (A.K.A. Waking the Dragons).

I think that's it.

Disclaimer: I never claimed I owned anything, so don't sue! All products mentioned and the cast of Yu-gi-oh! Belong to their respected owners and creators.

All I Want For Christmas Chapter 1: The Problem

It was three days till Christmas and all through the city of Domino people were preparing for the anxiously awaited holiday, all except for one boy by the name of Yugi Mutou. Said boy was currently in his room, amethyst eyes gazing out his window. A worried expression played on his face, his fingers drummed on the desk he was sitting at.

On the desk lay the remains of a smashed piggy bank, and a solitary piece of paper. It read, "I owe you fifty bucks." He shook his head sadly. 'How could this have happened?' The teenager thought gloomily.

Now you might be wondering what had happened to cause our young spiky haired friend to become so depressed so close to Christmas. Well, it turns out that while he was shopping for presents for his friends, he managed to forget one, Yami.

'Its not like I did it on purpose.' Thought Yugi, 'It's just that I didn't know what to get him, so I'd figure I would hold off.'

Yami's hikarie had to admit he didn't really know much about the spirit of the puzzle. Other then duels and for words of encouragement Yami generally kept to himself, and now that the spirit found a way to gain solid form for short periods of time, it seemed like they spent even less time together.

Now Yugi was in big trouble, with the approaching holiday and no cash, things were looking pretty bleak.

"What I'm I going to do?" cried the boy, "This is going to be his first Christmas and I wanted to give him something special." He looked around his room hoping for an idea. 'I can't just give him a pack of Duel Monsters cards', Yugi sighed glancing out his window again.

A small smile touched his lips as he watched a few snowflakes fall from the overcast sky. He thought back to the first snow of the year and couldn't help but suppress a laugh, even though no one was there to hear anyway.

Yami's reaction to snow had been quite amusing. The spirit had insisted that it was an omen of evil; that the forces of darkness were rising to destroy the world. It had taken himself, his grandpa, and two cups of hot chocolate to settle Yami down enough to explain to him that it was normal for frozen water to fall from the sky at this time of the year.

Yugi leaned back in his chair. "What I'm I going to do?" he asked again a little more calmly.

Downtown Domino

Yami was annoyed. He mentally cursed the cold as it blew a few flaks of snow in his face. It had picked up since this morning although it was nothing that could be considered a blizzard.

No, he wasn't annoyed particularly at what he considered bazaar weather, although it didn't help his mood.

Why was Yami, former Pharaoh of Egypt, spirit of the three thousand year old puzzle, and King of Games annoyed?

It started when he woke up that morning only to be greeted by a strange tree in the living room.

Mr. Mutou, Yugi's grandpa came into the room just then. "Isn't she a beauty?" he questioned motioning toward the tree. Yami mealy raised an eyebrow. Mr. Mutou too excited to notice the spirit's confusion then said; "I'll be in the storage space getting things ready so we can trim it later."

"But aren't the shears in the shed out back?" Yami questioned, still completely out of the loop. At the word trim, Yami remembered a holiday they had a while ago in which they carved a face into a pumpkin, so he assumed that they were going to do something similar here.

Had Yami paid more attention to the outside world, he might have had an idea what was going on between the TV specials, and commercialism. However whenever Yami wasn't dueling and or saving the world from the forces of darkness, (Which oddly enough usually involves dueling) he would brood. Brood about what you might ask? Brood about his lost memories, the new evil force planning to destroy and/or enslave mankind, why hot dogs come in packs of eight and the buns come in packs of ten, the usual.

Mr. Mutou merely chuckled at the spirits ignorance. "Why don't you run to the store and get some eggnog and I'll explain things when you get back." He said while fishing in his pocket for some money.

Having nothing better to do Yami accepted, before leaving he went over to Yugi's room wanting to know if his hikari wanted to come with him. He thought he heard "What I'm I going to do?" from his lighter half before knocking on the door.

There was a small "EEP!" and a small thud as what Yami could only assume was Yugi coming in contact with the floor. Yami winced and called out through the mind link. / Are you all right/ he asked.

/Yami/ came Yugi's shocked reply. /Yeah I'm ok I was just leaning back on my chair again. Sorry./

/How many times have I told you not to do that, your going to get yourself hurt./ the spirit replied calmly. /Are you sure you're all right? You seem troubled./

/No, I'm fine/ came Yugi's rushed answer.

/Alright./ Yami decided to leave it at that and let Yugi tell him what was bothering him on his own. /Grandpa has asked me to go out in search of egg and something called nog. Do you wish to accompany me/ Yami asked now starting to feel silly looking at Yugi's door.

/Ahh.. No its ok./ Yugi stumbled over the words.

/Alright./ Yami said, a little disappointed at his lights response. /I will return shortly./

Remember how Yami is a brooder? Well he brooded over this conversation all the way to the covenant store, all through the check out line, and all through the walk home. Of course by now he was convinced that something was seriously wrong with Yugi. "I'm going to find out what is bothering him even if it kills me." He paused in his determined stride to consider if this was in fact possible since he was technically already dead.

Well, tell me what you think. Good? Bad? I know this chapter wasn't very funny, but I want an actual plot in this story, so bare with me. Please review, I won't update until I get at least five reviews, so give me some feedback; I want to try to get this story up before Christmas.

Here is a preview for the next chapter: Yami runs into anunwanted companion on his way home.