Thank you for all who have been reviewing. It makes me so happy 3 Also sorry for the very long wait but i got my computer taken away for 5 days so no work...damn. anyway...don't get annoyed because this is long but i thought i would probly make up for the wait...yeah, I'm gonna shut up now.

Chapter 4

It was already eleven and Satoshi was running around his apartment. "An hour left? No!" he had a cluster of things on the floor and to make things even better, he was running around in a bath towel. "No, no, no." he kept muttering to himself. "Why the hell does she have to come so early? I haven't even gotten dressed"

Satoshi ran into his blank white room, threw of his towel, put on a new pair of boxers and a loose shirt. He opened his closet to look and see what he could dress in. "How about something a little formal...or casual...Yeah! Let's go with casual." Satoshi pulled down a pair of blue jeans, and kept the shirt he was wearing and put on a big gray hoodie that reached past his waist.

"You think this is casual enough?" he looked in the mirror, straightning his shirt when a voice from behind him said, "Casual? Darn Satoshi you made me dress up for nothing."

Behind Satoshi stood Risa, holding up his sky blue towel. Satoshi shot a look at his clock expecting it to say 12:00 but to his suprise it only said 11:25. "Risa? What are you doing here so early?"

"I got bored and I was anxious so decided to come early." she looked around for a moment. "Why's this place such a mess?" she giggled and began picking pieces of paper on the floor.

"No, just leave.."

"You shut up and finish getting ready. I'll clean." She followed a trail of paper out of the room and left Satoshi alone once again.

About ten minutes later, Satoshi came out wearing the same clothes but he had sprayed some cologne on and brushed his hair. His appartment was a little bit cleaner but when he got out there, Risa was watching TV. "Alright, are you ready to go?" she jumped up and walked up to him. He nodded his head and Risa giggled.

A first look at him and he looked like this was a pain but she stared at him for a minute and noticed he looked a little exhausted. "Hey...what's wrong?"

He first didn't answer at all and stood there dazed. Risa poked him and Satoshi came back to life. "I'm fine." he said.
"Ok..." After the moment of silence, Satoshi slid on his shoes and walked toward the door.

"Come on Risa, it's almost one and I'm gonna be there any longer than I have to."

Risa's face lit up with expression again and she nodded joyfully. "I just have to make a quick call to Riku ok?"

"Uh, fine." Satoshi walked out of his apartment and waited for Risa to come out. "Why in the world would she need to call her sister?" Satoshi asked himself.

Their town was now covered in pure white snow. On each side of Satoshi and Risa, the streets we're lined with snowmen. "So, Satoshi What are you getting your family for Christmas?"

Satoshi stopped watching the snow fall on his sweatshirt and stared at Risa. "Actually my family is dead." Risa fell dead silent.

"Oh...very smart Risa. Very, very, oh so very smart Risa." she thought. "Really? I'm sorry." Risa said out loud.

"No, don't worry. You see, my mom died right after I was born. I have never even gotten to see what she looks like and we don't know who my father was."

"But what about the father you-"

"He's not my real father." Satoshi said as he swept some snow off his hair. "He adopted me. Truly is a pain but I should be thankful."

"Well, my parents just flew to Paris three days ago. Me and Riku are left all alone so we kinda know what it's like."

Satoshi chuckled. "Yeah maybe."

They walked for a little bit. It seemed like not so many people drove cars because they didn't see many. Then out of nowhere Risa asked, "What do you want for Christmas?"

"I don't want anything." he said coldly. Risa didn't go any farther because she knew what would happen and she didn't want Satoshi any angrier at her than he is.

The two finally arrived at the place they were going shopping. It turned out to be a huge, long strip mall. "How long does this go on Risa?"

"Two and half miles. It is one of the biggest strip malls around." she looked over at Satoshi to see his reaction and saw him mouthing the words "I think I can tell." Risa yanked his arm and pulled him. "So this new store just opened a couple weeks ago and I wanted to check it out. Can we go?"

Satoshi was rubbing his hands together, trying to keep them warm. "Why don't we go get a warm snack first?" Risa agreed and they walked into a building that it seemed like Satoshi had already been to because he already knew where to sit.

A man walked up to them with a notebook it hand. He had messy black hair, wore glasses and had bad teeth. "'ello and welcome 'o Beany Bean Coffee House. My nam's Neville and I'll be ya sevar." he said in a weird accent.

"I will have a cup of tea, one lemon please?" Satoshi ordered right away. Neville nodded and looked over at Risa.

"'nd for ya, Miss?" Risa continued to look through the menu. It took her a couple minutes to say anything.

"Well...what does a Beany Bean Mocha Latte have in it?" Neville explained to her and she thought for another minute. "Can I have a lemonade?"

"'es M'am." he walked away.

Once he was out of sight, Satoshi stared at Risa. "Lemonade?"

"Yeah, why? I can't get something I want?" Satoshi smirked and nodded.

Once they finished their drinks, Satoshi and Risa headed to a store a couple blocks away. "I'm going to get a couple outfits for me and Riku. You can go look around." At the door they split up.

Risa walked over to the Juniors department and looked around. After a few, Risa bought a couple shirts, skirts and a jacket. She rang it up at the register and set off to search for Satoshi.

She first looked in the men's section but couldn't find him. Then, Risa walked over to the General department but still couldn't find him. Risa found herself in the Woman's and saw a kid with blue hair staring at bathing suits. She walked over to him and growled. "Don't you get any ideas..."

"What did I do?" he turned around an it was Satoshi. "I just thought it may be nice for you." Risa's face suddenly became red. She stomped out of the store and Satoshi followed.

"Where are we going to go now?" Satoshi asked. Risa just continued to pull his arm.

The next place led them to an electronic's store. "Like before, go around and look." Risa told him but he was already walking away. "and don't look at anymore girls."

Risa went and bought a couple cd's and a game for Riku's PlayStation 2. When she found Satoshi once again, he was listening to samples of music at a stand.

"Hey, I've heard Longview, that's a good song!" Risa exclaimed sneaking up from behind Satoshi. He jumped but looked back at her and growled, "That's what I am listening to."
"When masturbation's lost it's fun." the voice in his head bugged him again.

After a couple more store visits and about a mile of walking, Risa had finished her shopping. "You know, after about two hours, being numb isn't that bad." Satoshi stated. Risa started laughing and shoved him. He smirked in satifaction.

As they were walking they passed by an old man sitting on the side of the sidewalk with a cup beside him, probly for money. "Satoshi, let's give him a little bit of cash so he can get through the holidays."

"I'm not and you shouldn't. They are like that because they spent all their money on booze and things like that that made him go bankrupt." Satoshi kept walking but Risa had stopped. She watched the old man from a distance and saw him cough.

"But he really does look sick." she ran up to Satoshi and took his arm.

"No, Risa. I'm not going to."

"Please, come on." she didn't quit and she wouldn't until he agreed. Finally-

"Alright! I'll give some money to the damn hobo if you shut up." Satoshi yanked his arm away and walked with Risa. They stopped in front of him and dropped a couple dollar bills in his cup. Risa added a 10 and Satoshi gave him a 5.

"Thank you very much." the old man said in a rough voice.

Satoshi nodded and began walking away. Risa smiled and squealed "You're welcome!"

Just as they began to escape, the man called out to them and Satoshi muttered, "Want more money?"

"Boy, with the blue hair. You seem familar." Satoshi looked back at him, wondering if he was really being serious. Not many, if any at all, had blue hair. "May you please come here?" Satoshi trudged over to the old man. After a moment his eyes widened and he gasped. "Those eyes..."

"What?" Satoshi asked annoyed.

"Your eyes. They seem so familar." Satoshi really wasn't interested in this old man and he wanted to leave but if he did, he knew Risa would kill him in his sleep. So, they listened to him rant. "You look a lot like a woman I used to work with. I used to work at the Azumano Museum, believe it or not. But when that bastard Saehara (Satoshi grinned at this.) decided that we needed a better security, he fired almost half the employees."

"That rude old man." Risa pouted.

"Yes. But when I worked at the museum, a woman with blue hair like yours looked a lot like you. Her name, I could never forget. Her name was Rio, Rio Hikari." Satoshi's eyes opened in amazement.

"Wha-what?" he studdered and started pacing. "Are you sure you mixed up the name?"

"No. I am completly sure." the old man nodded. Then out of his pocket from his old and torn pants, he pulled a picture a woman with long, curly, blue hair with eyes that matched the color of her hair. She looked as though she was in her early twenties and her picture didn't look the happiest but she didn't look completly misrible. Seeing this photograph, Satoshi felt as though his heart just skipped a beat. "I will never forget working with her."

There seemed to be a lot of chaos around. Many people in the museum were running all over the place preparing for something. "Team A, station at the front doors, Team B, on the roof and C, you will have the rest of the museum. Is that clear?" Cheif Saehara yelled at everyone rushing past him. A man in a navy blue uniform was guarding in front of the door where the artifact they were protecting once all the chaos died down.

He heard footsteps to the left of him and stood up strighter, trying to look brave. "Who is there?" he said. He could barley see anything. The only source of light was the moonlight coming through the windows.

"Hello Sir." a soft woman's voice said that was now in front of him.

"Ah, Miss Hikari. Why didn't you just tell me it was you?"

"Why would I?" Rio smirked a little. He smiled back and nodded.

"Would you like to go through...Commander?" the man's voice grew a little shaky.

"Yes please." she nodded and he stepped a side to let her though. Without any warning, there was the sound of glass shattering from in front of him and he ran stright to see what it was. From behind the sound of the man's footsteps, he heard someone whisper "Perfect."

About ten minutes later, there was another glass shattering sound and the man ran back to where he started. He slowly opened to the door and heard a man's voice say "She did this to herself." The man wondered what he was talking about before seeing Rio laying in the middle of the room with a ray of moonlight shining straight on her.

The man ran to her side. He didn't even care that the artwork that they were guarding was now missing. The man brushed her hair away from her face to see that there was blood streaming down her cheek. "Rio! Miss Hikari! Please wake up!"

"That was the last time I had ever seen Miss Hikari." he said quietly. "She went to the hospital afterward but then quit working at the museum."

"That's-so...sad!" Risa wiped away a tear. Satoshi just stood there dumbstruck. The old man took his hand and gently handed him the picture. "Why don't you keep this?" he smiled. Satoshi nodded and but his hand over the man's. Then, Satoshi just turned around and walked away.

"Please excuse him but thank you mister." Risa joyfully smiled at him and then ran to catch up with Satoshi.

"What a nice couple." the man raised his hand to streach when he noticed he has something in his hand. He opened it to see that there were pieces of paper cliped together. Once said "Thank you." and the rest...the rest were dollar bills. Satoshi had giving him two one hundred dollar bills. "Two hundred and twelve dollars?" he exclaimed and then fainted right then and there.

"Mommy, I think the man is dead!" shouted a little girl with her mother holding her hand passing by.

"Honey, don't point, that's not nice."

Satoshi or Risa didn't talk until they got back to his apartment. Risa just smiled and said, "Like what you got for Christmas?" He never answered though.

Satoshi looked up at his windows and saw lights on. "Did i forget to turn off the TV?" he asked Risa.

They walked up the stairs and to his door. He walked in his apartment and froze. There, Riku and Daisuke were standing there waving at him but that wasn't what left him petrified. His whole apartment was now covered in christmas lights, wreaths, fake snowmen, reindeer and Santa's and a christmas tree that was already decorated towered in the corner. Risa ran over by Daisuke and Riku and they all shouted "Suprise!"

He still didn't move. After a minute of taking everything in, Satoshi suddenly said calmly but you could tell he was pissed, "What the hell did you do to my apartment?"

Daisuke walked up to him and patted him on the back. "We thought we'd help you get into the Christmas mood.

"Oh yeah. This puts me in the mood." Satoshi growned.

Alright, you guys only have one more christmas chapter to suffer through...sorry but i'll try putting it up as soon as I can. Please review

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