Lilikoifish: Disclaimer: I don't own anything, so don't sue me! What do I own?
Christmas Day: the gift exchange
"Wake up, Lloyd! It's Christmas Day!" Genis jumped on Lloyd's bed.
"Really?" Lloyd woke up immediately.
"Yeah! Everyone's already downstairs!"
"Agh! I overslept!" Lloyd rushed over to his closet.
"No need to get dressed. Everyone else is in their pajamas anyway." Genis and Lloyd hurried downstairs.
"It's about time." Kratos said.
"Who's presents shall we open first?" Sheena pulled the blanket tighter around her.
"Mine!" Lloyd said. "I organized this party, anyway."
"Okay!" Lloyd handed everyone their presents.
"Colette, open yours first." Sheena elbowed her playfully.
"Huh? Okay!" Colette ripped open the present.
"What'd you get?"
"I got a…stuffed puppy! It's so cute! Thanks so much, Lloyd!" Colette hugged the puppy, then Lloyd.
"Kratos! You're next since you're his dad!"
"Fine." Kratos delicately opened his present. So much for the "rip open your present" tradition.
"I got a shirt."
"What does it say?"
"...World's Hottest Dad…?" Sheena choked on her hot chocolate. Genis snorted. Zelos turned around and sulked. Colette giggled. Kratos looked at Lloyd suspiciously.
"What are you trying to pull?"
"It's the truth!" Lloyd said, clearly satisfied.
"Hey! Pretty boy! You next!" Raine prodded Zelos.
"O-Of course, my voluptuous hunny." Zelos grinned. Raine sighed. Zelos opened his gift.
"It says: Kiss me! Oh yeah! This'll attract all the ladies!"
"How is it that you know exactly what to buy people?" Raine asked Lloyd.
"If I did, I'd have to kill you."
"…"
"Genis is next! After all, you're his best friend." Sheena said.
"Okay!" Genis greedily tore open his gift.
"Wow! Thanks Lloyd! It's a book of kick-butt magic techniques! Yay!" Genis smiled. "You're the best, Lloyd!"
"I knew you'd like it."
"Sheena! Open yours next!" Genis shoved the gift into her hands.
"Fine…" Sheena opened her present. She pulled out a very pretty, lavender kimono. It had a large, white crane on it with lots of cherry blossoms. The large sash was light pink with a yellow bow. There was also a fan and sandals to go with it. She felt the smooth silk of the kimono.
"Wow. Thanks Lloyd. Did you make it?"
"Yeah. I sewed it in home economics class."
"Oh yeah! I remember that!" Genis said. Raine opened her gift next. It was a book. Approximately 2045 pages long. It was called Interesting Healing Techniques and Ruins: Two parts.
"Yes! I was searching for this book everywhere! Thank you Lloyd! Infinity thanks to you!" Raine kissed the book. Everyone sweatdropped. Regal opened his present (with a little help from Lloyd). It was some new clothes.
"I figured you were probably cold in a crop-top and worn out pants. So I got you some new clothes so that you don't look so 'juvenile' and so that you don't freeze to death!" Lloyd exclaimed.
"Thank you very much Lloyd. I appreciate this generous gift." Regal said. He disappeared. Just then, he came back with the clothes on.
"Whoa! How do you change so fast?"
"Practice."
"Wow. Anyway, Presea! Open your gift!"
"Okay." She unwrapped he present. It was a new pair of gloves. Instead of gray, they were a light pink.
"Thank you Lloyd. My old gloves were getting worn out." Presea put the new gloves on. "They are very soft."
"I knew you would like them!" Just to save room, I'm going to just list all the gifts:
Genis's gifts:
Raine: Build your own ruins kit
Kratos: A sword cleaning kit
Lloyd: a gift card of 9000 gald to Altamira's casino, "mall", or amusement park
Presea: a teddy bear with a red ribbon around its neck
Sheena: very pretty, glass, lavender chopsticks to put in her hair
Zelos: a Hawaiian shirt and swim trunks with a Hawaiian design (I detest Speedos)
Regal: all the essentials to become a great cook (or so Genis claims)
Colette: a "The Dog" t-shirt with a golden retriever on it
Kratos's gifts:
Well, he gave everyone 9000 gald.
Raine's gifts:
She gave everyone 1000 Great Ruins to Visit
Sheena's gifts:
Lloyd: Mizuho's great beef jerky
Colette: 1000 Types of Dogs
Raine: potion kit
Kratos: two little silver bells: very pretty and a 9000 gald gift card to Altamira's casino, etc.
Presea: 100 ways to kill someone without them knowing
Zelos: a good kick in the face and a pink satin comforter
Regal: a shiny gold locket that could fit two pictures in it and a cookbook for different kinds of ramen
Genis: a kendama that is magically infused
Regal's gift's:
He gave them all Member cards to enter the casino or Amusement park with a discount (let's just pretend that they charge you to get in like every other casino or amusement park) of 1000 gald
Presea's gifts:
Genis: a wooden swan to add to his wooden figurine collection
Regal: a stuffed monkey that you can hang around your neck (they sell a lot of those here)
Lloyd: a t-shirt that said, "I can't turn in my homework because my dog ate it."
Raine: a lab coat and dissecting kit
Zelos: a cell phone (flip phone version) and a digital camera
Sheena: a white ribbon to put in her hair and a crystal on a red string to hang on her neck
Kratos: a t-shirt that says "Old guys rule" (I'm serious, my dad got my uncle that for Christmas, and my uncle loved it!)
Colette: a real puppy (cocker spaniel)
Colette's gifts:
Lloyd: a bouquet of red roses (in which he turned the color of) and a large jar of homemade candies
Genis: a bunch of TNT sparklers
Raine: 10,000 gald to build a library in the schoolhouse
Kratos: a new sword sheath that was magically infused (I'm obsessed with magically infused things)
Sheena: a Yukata with cherry blossoms to wear in the summer
Presea: an axe cleaning kit
Zelos: really good smelling cologne
Regal: the same cologne as Zelos
Zelos's gifts:
Sheena: clothes from Victoria's Secret and a lacy spaghetti –strap top from Forever 21
Colette: Victoria Secret stuff and huge sunglasses from Forever 21
Raine: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander (yay for Harry Potter!) and an advanced arithmetic book
Presea: Vanilla scented perfume
Lloyd: Colette in action filmed by The Great Zelos Wilder
Regal: some new clothes to wear (not meant for cold weather, it's normal too )
Genis: a book about manners for little boys
Kratos: sweet vanilla-scented cologne
Everyone was happy with all their gifts…well except for Genis and Sheena, who weren't too happy with their presents from Zelos. But since it was Christmas, they kept calm. Everyone was trying on they're new clothes or perfume/cologne or reading their new books, etc.
"Oh my gosh! I need to go make a really huge feast!" Genis exclaimed. Regal went with him. While they prepared the feast, everyone else was still experimenting with their stuff. Kratos had never used cologne before, and accidentally sprayed it in his eye.
"AHHH!" Kratos covered his eye and dropped the bottle. Fortunately, it didn't break. "MY EYE!"
"Uh oh." Lloyd rushed over to help out his dad. They washed it out with a little help from Genis, who willingly used Spread. Genis and Regal finished their delicious looking feast; everyone ate, and went to go weigh themselves.
"Man! I've gained like, 10 pounds!" Lloyd exclaimed.
"Me too!" rang other various voices.
"Man, I'm stuffed!"
"That crème pie was good…ahh…" Zelos patted his full stomach.
"I say that this is the best Christmas ever? What say you?" Genis cheered.
"Yeah!" Everyone agreed.
Lilikoifish: So, how was it? Please review! This ain't over yet! I'm going to keep posting chapters for awhile. This takes a long time to write, you know.