1A Very Anime Christmas

By: Yamiko #7

Hello again and welcome to chapter two! (If any of you are still reading after the crap that was chapter one, which I am too lazy and uninspired to fix at this point in time...) We decorated the tree today, and I'm really tired...yeah. Seven-and-some-odd feet of pine needles, lights, and crystal ornaments (we don't do garland anymore since the cat tries to eat it O.o mmm yum). Now that we've decorated our tree, it's time for Yamiko and crew to decorate theirs... . R&R, please! Leave something Christmas-y in my mailbox. After all, 'tis the season!

Chapter Two: An Extreme Make Over for the Tree

Alternate Title: You Have The Weirdest Ornaments I've Ever Seen

"How many boxes of these things do you have?"

Yamiko set down the box she was carrying and rolled her eyes. Again with the complaining? Jeez, Yami, gimme a break. "Seven, But we're only using four of them."

Youko was eyeing the tree. "Because all seven would never fit on this thing."

"Hey!" Yamiko pointed to him. "You didn't help pick it out at all, so you have absolutely no right to complain." Turning back to her box, she added, "And no, you may not mark it."

Youko's eyes widened. "What do you..." Suddenly Youko understood. His eyes got even wider and his face turned a deep shade of red. "JEEZ! I wasn't going to...I...you are sick." He made a noise of disgust and stalked up the stairs. A stream of cursing floated down as he whacked his head against the patch of unusually low ceiling that hung over the staircase.

Yamiko shook her head. And I need him to put lights on the top of the tree...maybe I should bribe him with Tylenol. She shrugged and began taking ornaments out of their individual boxes and setting them on the table. Yami, Ed, and Vash, also laden with boxes of ornaments, set them down and followed her example. Duo was having too much fun testing strands of lights in the corner to notice his surroundings. He was content just to sit next to the outlet and watch the little lights chase each other through the bulbs, pleased that he could make them do this at will, thanks to the little switch at the end of the cord.

Yami raised an eyebrow at Duo's behavior. "Kind of a dim bulb, isn't he."

"This coming from the coatless wonder."

Yami just glared at Yamiko. She laughed, shrugged, and continued. "Sometimes he is...but he's fun to have around."

"Really." Now it was Ed with the raised eyebrow. Vash, completely oblivious to the conversation, was looking happily at the crystal fish and crab ornaments he had just unpacked.

"Well, yeah. Believe it or not, he's a really good cook." Yamiko nodded. "And he says the funniest things sometimes."

As if on cue, Duo looked up from his all-engrossing string of lights and said, "You know, this is like an extreme make over...for the tree!" Pleased with this incredibly deep observation, he nodded once and went back to watching his string of lights chase their multicolored compatriots. Bored with that, he then made them blink.

Ed blinked. "You mean...like that."

"Exactly!" Yamiko nodded and pulled a crystal giraffe with gold spots out of its box."He's a dork, but he's an amusing dork. Kinda like the rest of you, except more so."

"Well, it's nice to see that you're insulting us all in general now, instead of me specifically." Youko's voice floated down the stairs, followed by a loud WHACK. "OW! DAMMIT!"

"Watch out for the ceiling, dear," Yamiko said calmly amidst snickers from Ed and Yami. "You wouldn't want to hit your head."

"Thanks for telling me," Youko growled, thumping down the stairs and holding his head. "Now shut up and tell me where the painkillers are."

"Can't do both," Yamiko replied noncommittally, shrugging and removing a crystal mermaid and dinosaur from their boxes.

"Forget it," Youko snarled, turning and starting back up the stairs once again.

"Hey!" Vash called after him. "Watch out for the –"

WHACK! "AAARRRRRRRGH!"

"...um...okay...nevermind..."

And Vash went back to his ornaments.

And that, folks, is the end of Chapter Two. So we never actually got the tree decorated...just assume that it magically happens and that I'm too: a)bored, b)busy, or c)brain-dead to actually describe the process to you. I still have several more chapters to write in this thing, and I want to get it done by Epiphany, which is January 6, which is in four days...crap. Like that'll happen. Well, I can dream...

By the way, every ornament described in this chapter is one that is actually owned by my family. The crystal ones aren't nearly as interesting as the others, but again, I was BORED. I can't get any more Chrno Crusade for several days, and I don't want to watch any FMA at the moment since I'd rather not be angsty and depressed for the rest of the night. (I was angsty and depressed after watching Chrno Crusade...but that's beside the point.) Anyway...I'll try to get this darned thing done and posted soon. After that, it's on to other fics, homework, room-cleaning, watching and returning the various things I've borrowed, and everything else I've neglected over break. And back to school the day after tomorrow. Whoo-friggin'-hoo.

With nothing else to say...see you next chapter! Please R&R!