Christmas Classics

Scrooge: Part 1

Kei was dead, to be perfectly blunt yet in a very poetic way, Kei was as dead as a doorknob. But still…why doorknobs? Why not…rocks? Rocks were dead too. Or dead as a piece of metal? Curtains? A lamp? Anyways, Kei was dead, his business and everything else was left to Krad.

Did Krad care that Kei was dead? Most certainly. Did he care in a humane sort of sympathetic oh-there-goes-a-dear-old-friend-boo-hoo-hoo way? No way in hell. Rich and glamorous, he practically lived at the office with his assistant, Satoshi, Kei's son, the only reason Satoshi was still there was because it was written in Kei's will.

Suddenly the door was knocked on, distracting him from his work, he grumbled and answered it, outside was a boy by the name of Takeshi who was dressed like a homeless with a cup in his hand, "Hikari-sama…money for the poor?"

Krad slammed the door in his face, he had been asking for money as long as he could remember now, then the door knocked again, the blonde stalked over and opened it only to see Takeshi dressed as an infant…a very big infant who wasn't cute at all, he cried and held a sigh 'money for the baby' and had the door slammed in his face once more.

The blonde was very annoyed now, so he went over and grabbed his riffle which was above his fire place and loaded it, the door knocked again, he smirked and opened it, gun in hand, "Krad-ku-" The poor redhead at the door nearly passed out at the sight of the gun, "Eeto…Krad-kun?"

Golden eyes blinked rather disappointedly, "Oh…it's you, Niwa…"

"Umm…merry Christmas!"

Too prideful for the traditional line of 'bah humbug', he simply crossed his arms and rolled his eyes, "Who cares about Christmas? What's so good about it anyways?" Aside from the presents of course.

"Well there's always the feeling of togetherness…"

"Screw togetherness."

Daisuke gasped, "You don't mean that…anyways, come to our Christmas party!"

"Have you not heard a single word I said? Christmas is a waste of time!"

"Surely you can't mean that, I mean Dark's coming too!"

Low blow. Dark was an old friend that the blonde had always liked, not that he'd admit it of course, "…so?"

"That's mean…can I see Satoshi-kun?"

"He's working."

"Not anymore!" He ran in and ended up dragging a blue haired boy back out, "Come on Satoshi-kun!"

Krad frowned, "Get back to work."

"Don't be so heartless Krad."

That sounded funny coming from the mouth of the person who suggested that they shot Takeshi when he tried to beg in the first place. "That? Coming out of your mouth?"

Satoshi looked away, "Well it is Christmas…"

"Oh gods, not you too…"

Daisuke giggled, "Krad-kun, you're the only person I know who's too stubborn for Christmas."

"Am I supposed to feel special about that?"

"If you want."

Then they saw Takeshi approach the door, Krad smirked and raised the gun at the boy who yelped and ran off, "Do as you wish, but I assure you, I'm not going to this Christmas party or anything of yours."

The redhead pouted, "You will, just you watch…come on Satoshi-kun, let's head back to my place, Dark promised to come over today. I'm sure he'll be disappointed that Krad-kun couldn't make it to the party!" he yelled loudly as he left.

Krad's eyes twitched as the door closed, "That's just cheap…"

He sat at his desk unable to concentrate on his work and took out a little trinket that Dark had given him from before, it was a little silver necklace, he stared at it as it whirled around, he sighed and put it back in his drawer when he heard the sound of carolers at the door. He grabbed his gun and opened the door with a grin, "Yes? How may I help you today?" He asked cocking the gun.

The carolers fled screaming in terror.

Krad laughed.

Then he headed back in. Today was a relatively good day, not really, but it just got better listening to carolers screaming their heads off.

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That night he tossed and turned about in his bed when suddenly he sat up, the figure in the room smirked, but then the blonde fell back asleep, "Hey! Don't go back to sleep! Wake up you idiot!"

Krad rubbed his eyes and looked around, "I must be hearing things…"

Then he went back to sleep.

The figure's eye twitched, "Hikari Krad…your money's being stolen!"

The blonde sat up, "What?"

"You're awake…"

Krad looked at the figure, "K-Kei? You're dead! You died last year!"

"So? You don't believe that I was Kei huh?"

"Obviously." Krad rolled his eyes.

"I see your attitude hasn't changed."

"And I see your eyes are still squinty."

The ghost winced at the insult, "Ouch…that just hurt…"

"You can still feel pain?"

"Not physically, but mentally, that hurt a lot. Inside I'm crying."

"I'm glad." Then he noticed the long chain that he was dragging along, "What's with the chain? Did you die in a prison or something? I thought you died of a stroke…"

"I did…these are the chains that I have forged in my life."

Krad yawned boredly, "Oh, you mean those are all the bad things you've done in life and all that other crap?"

"Precisely. I realize now, that I should've spent more time with my son than hoarding over the money which you now have, oh woe is me! Why was I so stupid? I should've spent it all while I was still alive instead of passing it down to you! Oh all those horrid things I've done in life I so regret now…"

The blonde interrupted him, "Oh please, that's so cliché, chains full of regret? Couldn't you think or something more creative? Even one of those long strings of sausages would be better!"

Kei frowned, "I didn't pick it you know, I'm not the person in charge. You think I like these chains?"

"I didn't think you'd be in charge."

His old boss snorted, "Anyways, I'm here to warn you."

"Of what? Three evil ghost people who will come to scare me to make me see the error of my ways?"

The ghost was somewhat speechless, "Y-yea…how'd you know?"

Krad frowned, "Again with the cliché-ness! Why can't you think of anything better? This is like something out of a story book! Ohhhhh three ghosts are going to visit me and I'll be traumatized and I'll be all nice to everyoneand live happily ever after."

"…you can stop with the sarcasm now."

The blonde crossed his arms, "Tell them not to bother visiting me, I need my beauty sleep if you don't mind."

"I'm sorry, I already booked an appointment, you won't be getting any sleep tonight."

"How dare you book appointments for me without my permission! I refuse!"

"Too bad for you, how's Satoshi doing?"

Golden eyes glared at the figure, "He's at Niwa's house."

"I see…" Then he checked the watch on his wrist, "I have to go, I have an appointment with this guy called Jacob Marley, we're going to wallow in self pity about our chains over a cup of tea." And so, the figure headed out of the room, running into the door as he did, he swore, "They said I could go through doors!"

Krad stiffed his laughter as a very disgruntle ghost left the room, slamming the door behind him, he muttered under his breath, "Serves you right for disturbing my sleep…"

A moment later the ghost returned looking rather pitiful, "Krad? Would you be so kind as to unlock the front door so I can get out?"

The blonde sighed and got out of bed to let the ghost out, he practically booted the spirit out of the house, when he returned to his bedroom he was surprised when a figure paced around his room impatiently. Amethyst eyes flickering keenly as he looked at the blonde who stared at him, a couple sandy blonde strands of hair fell into his eyes, he swore and brushed them away, "What took you so long?"

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Nya

Christmas! From now, till the end of December, this is my second Christmas-y fic XD Suggestions are welcomed, as for now, it's scrooge! These won't all be funny o.O The genre shall range but I didn't feel like making millions of different stories so you'll have to live with this Christmas collection one :P Yes, these will all be DarkxKrad and DaixSat incase you were wondering. Umm...what else...eeto...I can't remember so enjoy XD