December 23rd

~2 Days Before Christmas~

It didn't take long for Yugo and Yuri to find the other Tattletails. They checked the kitchen and living room and just when they were about to go upstairs, Yuya and Yuto appeared. Each holding their own Tattletails.

"Where's your's?" Yuto asked softly, already knowing why they were awake.

"In the basement." Yugo replied.

"To the basement!" Yuya's red Tattletail shouted, causing young Yuya to jump in fright. Without another word the four returned to the basement. Yuya and Yuto set down their Tattletails down and took a few steps back in case they tried something.

"There's your friends." Yuri muttered. "Can you leave now?"

"Just one more thing!" The black one said.

"What is it?" Yuto asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Bracelets! We need decorations! We need bracelets!" The red one sang.

"B-bracelets? We don't have bracelets." Yuya whimpered.

"No, but we do know who does." Yuri pointed out.

"You don't mean-?" Yugo gasped. Yuri nods. Yuto turns back to the possessed toys.

"You're not going to...take them, are you? Or damage them?"

"No! No! No!" The white one said.

"Tattletail just wants decorations!" The purple one adds.

"Al-alright. We'll get them for you. But then, you have to leave." Yuto swallowed nervously.

"Tattletail will leave." The black one says. The boys return to the upper floor to discuss their plan of action.

"Are we going to wake up the girls?" Yuya questions.

"And tell them what?" Yugo puts on a fake smile. "Hi girls! Just wondering if we could borrow your bracelets to give to a couple of possessed toys so that they'll leave us alone!" The fake smile drops from Yugo's face. "They'll think we're crazy. They don't even know why we're here in the first place."

"Look, if we do this right then the girls won't even know we took their bracelets. We just need to be quiet and be quick. Get in and get out." Yuto said firmly.

"But isn't stealing against your moral code, Yuto?" Yuri asked.

"Yeah. It was. I also didn't believe in monsters and ghosts last week either and yet here we are." Yuto deadpans.

The first room is Lulu's. Yuto volunteers to sneak in.

"At least if I get caught, Lulu might be more willing to listen to me." Yuto reasons. The boys watch as their brother quietly sneaks into the room. Yuto tip toes to Lulu's side, where her winged bracelet sat on her nightstand. Carefully, Yuto reaches forward and grabs the bracelet, all the while whispering apologizes under his breath. Lulu doesn't stir as Yuto backs out of the room.

"You got it!" Yuya whispers as Yuri shuts the door.

"Yeah. One down, three more to go." The next room is Rin's. Yuto cracks open the door and pokes his head inside.

"Oh, this is bad." Yuto mumbles as he ducks back out.

"What is it?"

"I can't see her bracelet. It isn't on the nightstand."

"Where could she have put it?" Yuya wonders. Yugo blinks a couple of times as if he had just remember something.

"I think I might know..." Yugo turns away and heads to the nearest bathroom. His brothers follow him. A few seconds later Yugo emerges with Rin's bracelet in hand.

"It was in the bathroom?" Yuri wrinkles his nose as if the bracelet smelled.

"Sometimes Rin would leave her bracelet in the bathroom after a shower or bath. If it wasn't in her room I figured it would be here." Yugo shrugs.

"Well let's not look a gift horse in the mouth." Yuto said, taking the bracelet. "Now we just need Celina's and Zuzu's."

"Oh! I know where Zuzu keeps her bracelet!" Yuya said brightly despite the situation they were in. Yuya went to Zuzu's door and quietly slip inside. The boys watched as Yuya went straight to Zuzu's desk. On her desk were a few simple items but one of them was a brown box. Yuya opened it and immediately a soft tune began to play. Yuya hurriedly shut it, forgetting that Zuzu's music box actually played music.

Unlike Lulu, Zuzu stirred gentle in her sleep and everyone held their breaths as the small girl turned over...

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And went back to sleep. Yuya and the others let out silent sighs of relief. Yuya turned his attention back to the music box, both hands ready now. With one hand he opened the lid and with the other he quickly snatch the bracelet that was inside. The music box barely had enough time to play one note. With the bracelet safe and sound, Yuya sneaks back out to his brothers.

"Awesome, Yuya!" Yugo cheers quietly.

"Thanks." Yuya smiles. "I just hope Zuzu and the girls don't find out we took them. Or who knows how mad they'll be."

"They won't." Yuto assures. "All we need now is Celina's and then we can..." Yuto pauses and looks around, realizing that Yuri was missing from the group. "Uhh...guys? Where's Yuri?" It didn't take them long to find out their answer. Yuri was already entering Celina's room. The boys run after him.

By the time they got to the door, it was too late. Yuri had already flicked on the light switch. The boys watch in horror as Yuri causally strolled into the room and looked around as if he had every right to be there, meanwhile Celina's eyes were squinting against the light. Yuri spotted Celina's bracelet on the dresser and went to grab it.

"Ugh! Who's in here?!" Celina groaned, still half asleep.

"It's me. Me and my brothers are staying over for the night." Yuri replied, much to the shock of the boys. "I'm gonna borrow your bracelet for a minute. I'll bring it back." Celina glanced up from her pillow at Yuri, before returning her covers to her face.

"You better, plant freak. Or we're gonna have problems tomorrow." Celina muttered before falling back asleep.

"Uh-huh." Is all Yuri says before turning off the light and shutting the door. Yuri faced his brothers with a bored expression on his face. "What's with those looks?"

"H-how...how did you-?" Yugo tried to question, but Yuri just shrugs.

"Honestly, you three are making this into a bigger deal than it actually is." Yuri says, handing over the bracelet.

The boys head back down to the basement where the Tattletails are waiting. They were no longer sitting in their chairs and were instead sitting across from one another in a circle. Each boy placed one bracelet next to their Tattletails. Suddenly, the tiny light in the basement went out, causing Yuya and Yugo to jump.

"T-there! We got you the bracelets!" Yuto shouted, trying to keep his voice steady. "Now leave!"

"Hehe." The toys all giggled. "Okay! Tattletails will leave..."

The boys all breathe out a collected sigh of relief.

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"WITH YOU!" The toys scream as the bracelets' gem stones suddenly exploded with a bright light.