(A Christmas Special? But it's January! Not in-story, yet!)

[Opening: Project M Theme]

FusionFall Infinite

Season 6 Finale

Chapter 46: Holiday Holdover


Christmastime was here for the people of the Neo Kuro Universe, and all across the world people were celebrating in various different ways…that afternoon.

[Cues: Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental)]

[Amoral Ace's Compound, Village Hidden in the Ghetto, Somewhere in Asia]

Deandra was sitting on the couch in a Christmas themed sweater happily sipping hot chocolate. Joshinari felt at peace to see his daughter look so content. A reminder of the good in his world he brought into it. The team, for all it's issues, came together to celebrate the holidays together.

"You know, days like this…it's good to gather the people who care about you around…to watch a classic Christmas movie: Die Hard!" Keitaro said revealing the DVD.

"You sure that's going to be appropriate to watch with her in the room?" Motoko said concerned as Shinobu nodded.

"Yippe kai yay motherfuckers!" Deandra said excitedly as both parents glared at their teammates. "What?"

"And where did you hear that?" Joshinari asked.

Deandra went quiet asking if she was in trouble. Joshinari insisted she was not in any trouble, and she told him.

"Me and Delia. I need to go pay my cousin a visit." Joshinari said before they left the compound.

"Well, this is going to end poorly…" Shinobu said before patting Deandra's head. "Don't fret too much."

O-[x]-O

[Neo Bayview, Outer Towns]

Rai was playing video games only for a knock on the door to interrupt him causing his character to die after falling into a pit. Rai sensed it was his aunt and uncle and went to the door.

"Uncle Joshinari, Aunt Delia, what do you want?" Rai said.

"Rai, where's Amethyst?" Joshinari asked.

"At her place drinking." Rai said innocently. "She's in the city somewhere."

"Joshinari? What do you want?" Ryker said coming downstairs.

"Ryker, you're not being rather festive…" Joshinari remarked.

"We had a big Christmas Eve party…so we're all taking it easy." Ryker noted. "What do you want?"

"He's looking for Amethyst." Rai said as Ryker raised an eyebrow.

"Why?" Ryker asked.

"That's between me and her. Where is she?" Joshinari said icily.

"She's at her place in town." Ryker said before asking again why he wants to see her.

"My daughter told me that Amethyst had gotten her and Rai both to watching Die Heard with her." Joshinari said dryly as Ryker had a blank look.

"Rai, is this true?" Ryker asked.

"Am I in trouble if I say yes?" Rai asked.

"No." He said before Rai nodded. "Joshinari, I'll go with you. Can Delia watch my boy for a moment?"

As they left, the Shadows home had the family sitting around opening presents. Mandy, however, looked rather nervous before giving Saki a present in the form of a small box. He hastily opened it to find…a pregnancy test that showed a positive result.

"Bad time to say I'll be moving out by next year." Maylene said as Saki fainted. "Yeah…I guess it's not the best time."

Sounds of fighting got Mandy and Maylene to look out of the window see Ryker and Joshinari teaming up to beat the ever living dirt out of Amethyst.

"Should we get involved?" Maylene asked.

"The papa wolves are out of the cage." Mandy said bluntly. "I'm not getting involved and neither should you."

O-[x]-O

[Cues: Sonic Advance 3 Remastered 3.0 - Twinkle Snow Zone – Map]

[Orchid Bay, Downtown, The Core]

Ben did not exactly mind having to come over to Kevin and Gwen's place in the Core to see his two kids. His team was off with their own families for the holiday…but his girlfriend insisted on coming to join him. Julie and Kirby were more than happy to see their 'mother'.

"At the rate things are going, we won't be able to call you shrimp for much longer." Kevin teased.

"Hardy har har." Ben sniped back sipping on eggnog.

"Beloved. There's something I've been wanting to ask you for a month now." Looma said with a grand grin. "The years being by your side have been joyful and I want to seal the deal."

Even if Looma was in her disguised human form, that smile got Ben's hairs on end.

"This planet's culture is ok with the woman proposing to the man." She said giddy. "So I want you to make me Ms. Tennyson…or make you Mr. Red Wind…"

Ben give Looma a dry look before sighing.

"Well, it saved me the trouble of ask-HMPH!"

Looma dragged him into a kiss right under the milstoe. The kids had giggled at the sigh as Gwen was snickering to herself. The moment was perfect until a loud crash came from the front yard.

"No..NO! Not the garden!" Gwen said rushing outside to see Amethyst in a crater.

"It was just Die Hard!" Amethyst said getting up.

"And you showed it to my daughter!" Joshinari roared from the air.

"And to my son!" Rai snarled. "You better start running!"

Amethyst rushed up and out dodging an energy beam that scorched the ground she stood on as the two felt after them. Gwen looked at her ruined front yard and just went back inside to get a bottle of vodka.

O-[x]-O

[Cues: Sonic Advance 2 OST – Ice Paradise (Act 1)]

Racing through the streets were Mifune and Elsa Lynn on hoverboards dashing through the snow with Mifune using a replica of Agent Six's Hoverboard and Tetrax using a replica of Tetrax's Hoverboard. Christmas had been the one time of year of all around good times even with a bastard of a father. The eighteen- and sixteen-year-old had been doing a lot of reflecting on their lives, and the oldest one had insisted on hoverboarding like 'old times'.

"Elsa Lynn…you've been quiet for a long while. Something's bothering you?" Mifune said noting the expression on his sister's face.

Elsa Lynn forced a grin on her face.

"Tell you what…race me. From here to the bakery in Pokey Oaks North." Elsa Lynn said readying herself.

"Now?" Mifune said adjusting his scarf. "Well, that's what you want."

The two got under a stoplight on an empty street using the light as their countdown.

[Cues: Sonic Advance 2 OST – Ice Paradise (Act 2)]

When it flipped to green, the two were blazing down the streets. Mifune cut corners through alleyways and used wall riding to get ahead while Elsa Lynn prefers grinding rails and making jumps. Zipping past people left and right…getting the wrong kind of attention.

"Sirens?" Elsa Lynn said before spying KND agents in a police hovercar giving chase. "It's just the junior league."

Elsa Lynn raced ahead before grabbing a pole to circle around for momentum before launching herself into the air across the street. Mifune curved his board spraying the 'junior cops' with a wave of cow.

"Damn it!" One of the KND agents said before hitting a mailbox. "I need backup!"

"Nice one!" Elsa Lynn said before Mifune went ahead. "Oh, don't you even dare!"

Mifune was first to make it to the border between Downtown and the Suburbs with Elsa Lynn trying to catch up. Endsville was still mostly a place in ruins for despite the years. No one really wanted to build there, and people considered the place haunted. Given it had one of the few Infected Zones left…it was telling why. The roads were mostly clear however, but Elsa Lynn used the debris to make a grand jump before swinging to the right with a street lamp cutting off Mifune causing to crash into a pile of snow.

"Later, loser!" She said zipping down Eternal Vistas.

He spat out snow and grabbed his board before getting back on spying the pads to the Slider rail. Elsa Lynn would sense him and look up to see her brother grinding on the slider rail while playing flipping her off. He grabbed the side of his board and ollied right off of it into a road on Genius Grove.

"Oh, you cheeky bastard!" Elsa Lynn said activating her nitrous to catch up.

Both were closing in on the bakery…and nothing was going to ruin it.

[Cues: GTA 3 Lips 106 – Lucy (Forever)]

Blossom groaned from another day of work. Part of her envied Bubbles for leaving Secret Service for the FBI. Blossom wanted to be home with the family, but Peridot called her in for her aid. Blossom was briskly driving through the streets in her light pink Vapid Dominator GTX. It had been a gift from Bubbles, but Blossom felt it was more a way for her to overlook Bubble's streetracing habits. '

"At least I can go to the bakery and get a sweet…"

BLAM! CRASH!

[Cues: LAKEY INSPIRED – Blue Boi]

Blossom pulled to a stop to see one hoverboard dug into her car while there was a scratch on the hood. She looked to see Elsa Lynn and Mifune had crashed through the store window into a pile of chairs. And Mifune's hoverboard was impaled in the wall near one of the baker's heads.

"Motherf-"

She was cut off by the sound of her punching her horn. An ambulance was called and Frankie was over in a panic afraid for the worst. Of course, the two were not seriously harmed…but their hoverboards were damaged.

"You two got me worried sick!" Frankie said pulling on both of their ears. "You could have given me a heart attack."

"No, wait. It's my fault…I should have watched my driving…or sensed them sooner." Blossom said with a sigh.

"We shouldn't have been hoverboard racing…" Mifune said sheepishly.

"But now there's the damages." Frankie said with a frown.

"Not exactly. We have insurance." One of the cooks said bringing Mifune his damaged board. "Thankfully, you didn't break anything aside from the window. Which can be replaced."

Mifune took it up before looking to Blossom.

"That car can't be cheap." Mifune said.

"It's not, but I can call in a favor." Blossom said with a sigh as Elsa Lynn got her hoverboard off Blossom's car.

"But Elsa Lynn, what did you want to tell me?" Mifune asked as she walked back in.

"I…I wanted to tell you that I'm moving out. But just out of the house…I've decided to go off-planet." Elsa Lynn said as Frankie went pale. "I figured it's time I crave my own path out there."

"Shit…heck of a bomb to drop on Christmas. When you are you leaving?" Mifune asked.

"Day before New Years' Eve." Elsa Lynn said as her mother hugged her. "I didn't lie about doing college, mom. It's just going to be online. I need to do this…I can't spend my life here living in fear that the metallic shell that was my father will come here. I need to start living, and seeing it's been two years since even that was spotted."

"Just…call us once a week, ok?" Frankie said as Elsa Lynn returned the hug.

[O=X=O]

[Original County]

Kaze simply took it all in that night. He had it good. A good career and a family to call his own. Plenty of friends, a ton of power, and he did not even think about his old life back home. K.O. was asleep in his room as he and Carol were on the couch watching television.

"You know…two years going strong." Kaze purred. "Never thought I'd be here with you. I know we're in a house now…but we'll be moving out of this trailer before New Year's."

"You got us a place?" Carol asked surprised. "Without me?"

"Yeah, that new company out and about. XanTech. They sell replica houses from the Grand Theft Auto games, and I figured I'd surprise you and K.O. with my purchase." Kaze insisted.

"Which game's safehouses did you even pick from?" Carol asked.

"Not telling you just yet. But it's not exactly a mansion…but it's a bit high-end. But I did have to do a few favors for it." Kaze said before getting the photo on his phone. "Have a look yourself."

She took it up and an eager grin was on her face.

"How soon do we move?" She asked.

"As soon as I get a plot of land to plot it and the features." Kaze said excitedly. "But before that…"

Kaze used his tail to lift up some mistletoe between him.

"Merry Christmas, my love." Kaze said before she pulled him into a kiss.

The night would be spent in the other's embrace in their room simply sharing the final gift of the night. Merry Christmas to all…and they were certainly having a good night.


(A/N: K.O. and Dendy should be about 13 or so, now. Or older, I may be wrong. However, I wanted to wrap up the plotlines for this story concerning 2021. Next chapter will be the Season 6 Finale taking place in the New Year. But yeah, I wanted to clear the board with a few things. The Frost Siblings, yes I had wrote Shinji an out because of all of them, he was not close to his father…and he'd want to cut ties with the family. Hence why he does not show up in the holiday special. Now comes Elsa Lynn, I'm writing her out, because I came to a realization if I am going to have the robotic Elvin show up. What that realization is up to you? I hope you enjoyed the Holiday antics of our loveable cast. However, FusionFall Infinite will be going under a spot of hiatus to allow other connected projects to catch up. Next chapter, the story'll be in the current year hopefully.)