On with the show!
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Henry was sweatdropping. "Terriermon... get down from that tree now..."
Terriermon shook his head, madly. He was hiding up the tree with fear written over his face. "NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! You can't make me, Henry! Don't make me go there! Please! I beg of you! Please don't make me go there!"
Groaning, Henry leaned against the tree while rubbing his forehead. "Terriermon... if you explain to me WHAT your scared of... maybe I can help you..."
Whimpering, Terriermon climbed down the tree to face Henry. "I know Knuckles is doing this year's play on Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer! So... do you know what that means...?"
Confused, Henry shook his head. "No... what...?"
"I'M GOING TO PLAY AS RUDOLPH!" Terriermon yelled out in terror, as waterfall tears streamed down his face. "DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF A BLOW THIS WILL DO TO MY EGO? DO YA? DO YA? DO YA?"
With a large sweatdrop, Henry slowly nodded. "Yeah... sure... but... Terriermon, Rudolph's place is already taken by Inumon... since the day those reindeers and Kodi's group arrived."
Lifting his head up, Terriermon's eyes widen in shock. "WHAT? Renamon told me the position is open!"
Shaking his head, Henry sighed. "Terriermon... Renamon will be helping Knuckles with the play."
"So... why did she told me...?" Terriermon's eyes widen. "THAT LYING TALL-FUR VIXEN! SHE TRICKED ME!"
Henry slowly nodded. "Yeah, Terriermon... we already figured that one out..."
Trying to regain his pride, which he doesn't have any... Terriermon took to a battle stance. "I shall get my revenge on that Renamon! And give her a beatdown that she deserve!"
Sighing, Henry followed Terriermon while fiddling with a mobile. "I better phone up the hospital to see if they are serving your favourite food tonight, Terriermon..."
From the hilltop, Kodi's group were watching this conversation. From their expressions, they looked amused, confused and a little bit more of both. Finally, Kirby said something.
"Well... this is really intresting..." Kirby muttered. "I never thought I would see a dog in the tree."
Ralph nodded. "Yeah... usually you see a dog BESIDE a tree."
Kodi sighed. "Do you think it was a good idea coming here...? I mean, it's getting a bit crazy here..."
Dusty chuckled. "Hey! At least it's not boring around here!"
Sonic nodded. "True... true..."
Kirby blinked before looking to his left to see Sonic standing beside him. He sputtered. "How...? When...? What...?"
Smirking, Sonic tapped Kirby's head with a small, rolled up paper. "I'm living up to my name... and I should add Silent as my middle name... seeing as you didn't hear me coming up to your side..."
Snickering, Kodi got up and nodded to Sonic. "Did you came to look for us...?"
Nodding, Sonic held up the rolled-up paper before un-rolling it. "Yeah... you guys better see this..."
The four dogs looked at the paper that Sonic showed to them before Dusty looked up. "What's this...?"
"This is like a poll... people wrote their names on here to let us know if they agree with what the topic has to say on this piece of paper." Sonic explained. "For example, Those Who Agree That Kodi's Entrance Was Pathetic."
Ralph sighed. "Oh... that's wonderful..."
Kodi's face showed some confusion. "Wonderful...? It's weird... most of the names written on here is Knuckles himself! Why would he sign this...? He was the one who invited us..."
Sonic nodded. "Yeah but... I'm thinking he's still a bit angry about you four running over his tail when you did your entrance a few days ago..."
"Crazy grudging echidna..." Kodi muttered.
Dusty narrowed her eyes. "Inumon...? Who the heck is Inumon...?"
"OH NO! PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS! NO!" Came a yelling voice in the background.
With a smirk, Sonic jerked his thumb into the background. "That's him... he signed this to get on Knuckles' good side... and along those who wants to stay on Knuckles' good side and wrote their names down is Davis, Joey, Tristan, Vector, Espio, Mighty, Kazu, Kenta... and a few others..."
Kodi sighed. "Glad we made Knuckles happy with our entrance..."
Dusty laughed. "Yeah... though, that Inumon that yelled a few moments ago... I heard he was going to be in this year's play... he sounded like a good actor..."
"Who said he was acting...?" Sonic asked.
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Inside the town hall, Inumon was kneeling in front of the table where Knuckles was sitting. Around them are Renamon, Megaman, Vector, Espio and Mighty.
"Please, Knuckles... I beg of you... please don't make me Rudolph please..." Inumon whimpered.
Knuckles sighed. "Sorry, Inumon... but, you fit perfectly..."
Blinking, Inumon stood up. "Perfectly...? Why perfectly...?"
Sighing, Knuckles picked up a piece of paper. "Because during the past two years with the Xmas plays... we had nothing but, insanity... and without any doubt... having a dog Digimon playing as a reindeer won't make a difference to this year's play seeing as we all know it won't go out sane..."
Renamon sniggered. "Well... if Inumon doesn't do it... I know of a certain small, long-eared dog with a very big mouth who would be willing to take the part of Rudolph..."
Megaman grinned. "So, why do you think Knuckles should play as Rudolph...?"
Growling, Knuckles yelled at Megaman. "DO I LOOK LIKE A LONG-EARED DOG? DO I? DO I? DO I?"
"And today's weather forecast... windy gale from the north." Megaman replied, laughing.
Grumbling, Knuckles glanced at Mighty. "Send the next one in..."
Shaking his head, Inumon walked through a door to the kitchen. "I'm going to have something to drink..."
It was then that Jaden Yuki, star of Yu-Gi-Oh GX, walked in. "Hello, there. I'm Jaden Yuki!"
"Ah... so, your the infamous Duelist that has a high chance of becoming the next King of Games...?" Espio asked.
Jaden nodded. "That's right! And I'm here to introduce someone who is willing to take part in this play! And we know it's gonna be the traditional play of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer!"
Grinning, Knuckles leaned back in his seat. "Very well then... send him in!"
Nodding, Jaden turned round to the entrance. "Come in, teach! I think you have a chance!"
Enter a large man wearing a Santa outfit, holding a fake-white beard on one hand as he already has a brown beard on his face. "Good evening... I am Chancellor Shepard of the Dueling Academy. I would like to take part in your play."
Vector blinked. "As what...? Traffic controller...?"
Grumbling, Renamon wacked Vector's head. "No... as Santa..."
Nodding, Shepard placed the white beard on his face to give him more the Santa look. "What do you think...?"
Knuckles smiled. "Looks a bit convincing... but, I wonder if it could fool any idiot on this planet..."
"It fools me..." Vector said.
Knuckles nodded. "Yeah... but, your an exception... I need a better idiot to be fooled by this suit..."
That was when Inumon came out of the kitchen with a hot tea in his hand, sipping it a few times. When he saw Shepard in his Santa suit with the white beard, he screamed and threw the tea in the air. "AHH! SANTA IS HERE!"
He screamed again when the hot tea landed on him...
Sweatdropping, Knuckles wrote something on the paper. "Your in..."
Shepard smiled. "Thank you."
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The next one to come forward for the play was someone that Knuckles knows very well... "What do you want, Tai...?"
Tai stood proud, seeing as he was the Digidestined leader from the first season of Digimon. "Isn't it simple, Knuckles...? I want to join in this play... I want to make an impact!"
Sweatdropping, Mighty sighed. "Just like you made an impact two years ago, Tai...? Walking into this room dressed as Elvis?"
Grinning, Tai nodded. "Oh yeah! So... which part can I take...?"
"I'll let you know when I even bother..." Knuckles muttered.
Blinking, Tai walked over to Mighty and whispered. "What's up with him...? Did he get his tail run over or something...?"
Holding back his snigger, Mighty nodded and whispered back. "Oh yeah... it's a long story... don't ask."
Sighing, Tai shook his head. "I wasn't about to..."
Knuckles glanced at the list and laughed. "Well... seeing as your here, Tai... I would like you to deliever this list to the following people. Matt, Davis, Joey, Tristan, Kazu and Kenta..."
Confused, Tai watched as Knuckles placed the list inside a letter before handing it to him. "O...K..."
"Good... and come by tonight..." Knuckles said, getting up from his seat. "We are going to have a Xmas light show. And I do hope your design will be wonderful, Vector."
Sweatdropping, Vector slowly nodded. "Yeah... well... you see, Knuckles... we didn't exactly... worked on the light show..."
Espio nodded. "That's right... we had to help you prepare the auditions, remember...?"
Frowning, Knuckles nodded. "True... true... have you fixed that problem...?"
Grinning sheepishly, Espio nodded. "Actually, we had..."
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And when night came along...
"YOU CHOSE SKULLSATAMON TO PREPARE TONIGHTS CHRISTMAS LIGHT SHOW?" Knuckles screamed out.
Vector, Espio and Mighty nodded together. They were surrounded by Rudolph, Zoey, Kodi, Dusty, Sonic, Tails, Amy, Tai, Sora, Renamon, Megaman, Velene and her son, Vulko.
Sonic rubbed his head. "This will be intresting..."
Shaking his head, Knuckles kept his glare on Vector. "Why did you got that idiot to prepare the lights...? What MADE him to help you prepare tonight's lights...?"
Espio sighed. "We bribed him... a year's supply of cheeseburgers..."
Kodi and Dusty blinked. "Cheeseburgers...?"
Sweatdropping, Tails lowered his head. "Don't ask... please don't ask..."
Shaking her head, Amy glanced at the Chaotix Crew with a worried look on her face. "Please tell me, you guys... have you told what he should do with tonight's lights...?"
Vector nodded. "Oh yeah... he told us what type of light display he'll do. It's more of a Frosty the Snowman light display and we made sure he'll do it in a low key approach."
Amy sighed. "You better be right..."
That was when the door opened and SkullSatamon popped his head in with a smile. "It's all ready! Come on out! It's time for a traditional Christmas cheer!"
Megaman muttered to himself. "He's seem so cheerful..."
"Well... seeing as he is getting a year's supply of cheeseburgers... it's Christmas to him." Renamon muttered back.
Sora whispered to Tai. "Seeing as he is a skeleton Digimon and eats a lot of cheeseburgers, Tai... where do you think he puts them all...?"
Sweatdropping, Tai whispered back. "Don't know... don't wanna find out..."
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The small group stood outside while SkullSatamon held a box in his hands. Velene stood beside Rudolph as he has Vulko riding on his back. "OK... Like the Chaotix said, I've gone for a low-key approach."
Knuckles smiled. "Good... very good..." He then, frowned. "What's with the box...?"
Putting his hand in, SkullSatamon brought out a pair of sunglasses. "When I flick this switch, it's gonna be kind of bright so... you guys need to wear these sunglasses..."
Taking the sunglasses, Velene muttered to herself as she helped Vulko, Rudolph and Zoey put their's on before putting her own glasses on to shield her eyes. "Why do I get the feeling that low-key isn't his cup of tea..."
Wearing sunglasses, SkullSatamon pulled a lever. "Whatever you do... don't look at the snowman directly."
When the lever came down, a huge electrical noise was heard as a huge bright light shone down upon the group. Everyone was silent while SkullSatamon, Tai and the Chaotix crew looked impressed.
Vulko darted his head about. "Mom...? Mom...? Where did you go...?"
With a sweatdrop, Velene placed her hand onto Vulko's back. "I'm still here, honey..."
SkullSatamon chuckled. "See...? It's a beautiful piece of history! Right now... Frosty is 17 feet of pulsating light, generated by 120 Volts of volumenous flux. And 50000 lumens per second of uninterrupted power."
Knuckles groaned. "And this is suppose to be low key...?"
Amy started to move her arms about as if she was blind. "I can see spots... where am I...?"
Vector smiled. "It's impressive..."
Espio nodded. "Amazing..."
"I'm glad we chose you, SkullSatamon." Mighty added.
SkullSatamon blushed. "Thank you, you guys... I hope nothing will ruin this moment..."
Turning around slightly and lowering his sunglasses off for a moment, Sonic smirked. "I can think of one reason that will ruin your moment... turn around..."
SkullSatamon and the Chaotix crew blinked before they found out that they were actually facing the building that they came out of instead of looking at the snowman light.
"I'm glad we didn't arrive here tonight... otherwise, we'll be recovering in the vets." Kodi muttered.
Dusty nodded her head. "Yeah... that would be some Christmas, huh...?"
Rudolph shook his head, trying to clear his vision. "Usually, when a deer looks at the light, they stare at it as if they are hypnotized by it... why aren't we affected by it...?"
Zoey shook her head, also trying to clear her vision. "I dunno but... who would want to get hypnotized by that thing...?"
SkullSatamon grinned. "Isn't this awesome...?"
"SkullSatamon! Why not go to the distance and add a air strip on the front lawn...?" Knuckles asked with heavy sarcasim in it. "Good grief... it must be morning to the people in this town if this light keeps up!"
Then, there was a sound of an engine from high above. Sora looked up with a confused expression. "What is that noise...? It's coming from up there and heading towards us..."
Tai sighed. "Looks like we've just helped a plane land..."
Growling, Knuckles glared at SkullSatamon and the Chaotix crew. "If by any chance that is one of those British Airways planes heading from England to... somewhere... and reading itself to land HERE...! I'm gonna kill you!"
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Much later, the group walked back into the building with Knuckles fuming and Vulko darting his head around while riding on Rudolph's back.
"Come on, mom... where are you...?" Vulko asked.
Velene rubbed her eyes tiredly. "I swear... if he doesn't recover soon... I'm gonna kill someone..."
Amy sighed. "Enjoy prison life then..."
Tails sighed as they came to a stop. "Good news is... the plane didn't land because the bulbs in the snowman went out... bad news is that the snowman was made out of plastic and just like any other objects that were made by snow... it melted due to the heat that the light bulbs gave off..."
SkullSatamon scratched his head. "It was strange though... it said on the box that it was heat proof..."
Sora shook her head. "Yeah... and I'll bet they forgotten to add... Do not allow this to fall in the hands of a cheeseburger eating goofball..."
Tai smirked. "I'll make sure they'll add that in..."
"What I want to know is that how on earth did you four morons faced the building..." Knuckles muttered, glaring at the Chaotix and SkullSatamon.
Vector, Mighty, Espio and SkullSatamon all blinked at the same time. "What...?"
Rudolph nodded. "He's right, you know... when we all came out... we were all facing the giant snowman... and a few moments after the lights came on, Sonic found you facing the building... why...?"
Vector grinned sheepishly. "In all honest truth... we have no idea..."
Zoey giggled. "Maybe they stood on a turntable and it forced them to turn around."
Chuckling, Rudolph shook his head. "No, Zoey... that isn't possible..."
"Considering what this town is like... I say it's a hundred per cent possible." Sonic said, laughing.
Renamon walked over to Knuckles before tapping his shoulder. "We better get ready for tomorrow... so we can meet the cast of this year's play and prepare them for what they should do..."
Megaman nodded. "Yeah... and ya know that it won't be easy getting ready for the play, Knuckles..."
With a groan, Knuckles nodded. "Fine then... tomorrow... boy, this won't be easy to do..."
Velene rolled her eyes. "Oh... NOW he's just noticed..."
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And with that, ends chapter 2 of this year's Xmas story!
Coming soon, chapter 3! And who will play as the cast of Rudolph! You'll be busy laughing at the selection of casts! I just know you will!
Until the next time, see ya!