Santa exists in my story. Every year he would make a trip around Earth and Plant delivering presents.
Disclaimer: Plain and simple, I own nothing except for the plot.
The sun had just come out on an early Christmas morning. In the Yamato family, not a soul was stirring, that is except for a certain character of ours. He carefully tip-toed his way down the stairs, making sure not to awaken anyone from their slumber, especially his sister. As it was still dark, lavender orbs decided to scan the area first before moving any further. After taking some time to adjust to the darkness, our figure moved into the living room where the Christmas tree resided.
Kira sat himself down before his presents. He checked each and every present, removing the ones with his name written on the tags. At the end, he could count 4; all those were addressed to him. The presents were neatly wrapped with colorful decorative paper, and were tied using different colored ribbons. Immediately, Kira began peeling away the 'useless' coverings that kept him from what was underneath. Unbeknownst to him was that his sister, Cagalli, had awakened soon after he did, and had the same idea.
A short haired blond quickly made her way downstairs; the complete opposite of what his sibling did. She was just turning around the corner when she saw her brother sitting at the Christmas tree, opening presents without her! 'The audacity!' she thought. Cagalli crept her way towards where Kira was currently opening his presents, and smacked him on the back on his head.
"Ow!" screamed Kira. He quickly turned around to meet his attacker. He found himself staring into a pair of golden colored eyes. There was only one person in his family who had eyes of that color… his sister. Kira could tell that she was angry from the frown on her face. This only meant one thing; he was in for some serious pain. No one in the household would dare anger Cagalli, not even their parents, for they all knew of the dire consequences that would follow. Fear now apparent on his face, he gulped, and prepared for the worst.
"Kira, do you know what you're doing?" Cagalli asked popping her knuckles. She saw him nod. "Good, then you should know what's going to happen to you don't you?"
"I--I didn't think you would want to get up this early," Kira tried explaining to her. It was too late though, as Cagalli put him in a headlock. She then continued to give him a nuggie messing up his scruffy mahogany colored hair even more. "Okay! I give," he managed.
"Hmph. You should've known better anyways." She released him from under her arms. "So, watch did you get anyways?" She asked excitedly, suddenly getting very curious.
"Nothing much… just a XBOX 360, a new laptop, a pair of socks, which he expected was from Cagalli, and this…" he pointed, indicating to a still unopened box. "I was just about to open it when I got smacked in the back on of the head…" he muttered under his breath.
"What was that!" Cagalli shouted. "Nothing! Nothing!"
The final gift was something big; of course, since it was wrapped there was no way to tell what was really inside. Kira, however, assumed it to be something big and expensive. Tearing open the wrapping, he found inside… a big fat apology note? It read: "Ho ho ho, merry-- ah nevermind. For many years I've given out presents to all the good little boys and girls on Plant and Earth, however, it seems I've no choice but to end my tradition for reasons which I do not desire to explain. Regrettably yours, Santa Clause."
Kira sat there stunned. Every year he would get a big present from Santa. This year however, well… he got this stupid note? "What!" He heard the cry from Cagalli; an eardrum popping cry at that distance. "Cagalli, don't shout like that. I'm right next to you," he reminded her. "Oh, sorry," she apologized. Kira took notice of the reason for his sister's shout. She too had gotten an apology note from Santa. 'What's going on,' he thought, 'has Santa gone insane?'
After making up his mind, Kira got up and returned upstairs, into his bedroom. There, he dressed himself; changing out of his jammies, as he was going on a trip soon. He stuck his hands into the closet, and put on the first pieces of clothing he found. That turned out to be a black and grey striped polo, and a pair of faded jeans. Then he made his way to the computer. He turned it on, and instantly clicked on the 'Internet Explorer' icon. A few minutes later, succeeding in what he wanted to do, he shut off the computer, and descended down the stairs once again. Just when he was about the head out the door, Cagalli stopped him.
"Where are you going?" she inquired.
"Nowhere..." he replied hesitantly.
"I don't believe you! If you don't tell me, I'm going to wake up mom and dad!" Cagalli threatened, though, she herself really had no intention to do that.
Sighing, Kira gave into his sister's empty threat. "Fine, I'll tell you, but you have to promise not to tell mom and dad." Cagalli nodded frantically. Kira continued, "I just booked a first class ticket for the North Pole using the emergency credit card that mommy and daddy gave us. I'm going to find Santa and get our presents back!"