Banshee: Hello~! Here's chapter two. I know this one is a little short, but some chapters in this little series may be longer - or shorter - than others.

Disclaimer: I only own my OC and the plot.

Chapter Two: Rigging Up the Lights

The second thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:

Angry husband: Rigging up the lights

And finding a Christmas tree…

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Christmas isn't Christmas without colorful lights to decorate your house.

But it's another thing entirely when you live in a giant castle. Only someone with special abilities could put the lights up without fear of falling.

Who would be capable of such a task?

Why, none other than…

"No way, Kid." A certain eye patch-wearing Nobody refused Nikki's request to put the lights up.

"But Xigbar…" Nikki pleaded.

"Don't you 'But Xigbar' me. Have you forgotten how big this castle is?" Xigbar emphasized this by pointing out the size of the room they were in. "Putting lights on it would be a pain in the ass."

"Come on! Who cares how big the castle is! With your abilities, it'll be easy!"

When the stubborn Nobody refused to budge, Nikki decided to persuade him by taking a jab at his male pride. "Unless you don't think you can do it.."

She turned away from him so he wouldn't see the big smile on her face.

Xigbar's good eye twitched. She was baiting him. The little shit.. "… What do you mean?"

Biting back a snicker, Nikki continued, "It is a big job, after all; much too big for one man to handle. Maybe I'll just have the Dusks do it. They would get the job done much faster than you, anyway."

"All right, fine!" Xigbar barked, having had enough of this. "I'll put the damn lights up!"

Nikki turned around and gave him the biggest smile she could muster before she said "Thank you, Uncle Xiggy~!" and skipped out of the room.

He slapped his palm to his forehead. "I can't believe I fell for that.."

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Finally, after several hours, Xigbar was finishing up the lights. He just had to tack down one more row, then plug them all in. This would be one hell of a light show. Once the last row was secured, he went to the nearest outlet and plugged in the main cord for the lights. Section by section, the lights switched on, outlining the castle in a multicolored frame.

Xigbar laughed triumphantly, but it was short lived when he saw sparks erupting from one of the lights.

"Oh no…"

All of the lights proved to be too much for the outlet to handle. The bulb exploded, and, like a bunch of electric dominos, the lights all burned out. They didn't just burn out, either. They exploded in an array of pretty colors.

But that wasn't all. All of the lights in the castle went out as well.

He had blown a fuse.

Just when he thought it couldn't get any worse, Saïx appeared.

"The Superior wants to see you in his office." He said coolly before he warped away without another word.

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