A/N: On Thursday, on my YouTube account I put up a trailer to a new series me and winter knight are making... it's called Anime Puppet Time Theater! The series won't premier until after the Christmas season but it's due to winter knight's busy work schedule. But it's up so please check it out. And comment... (I'm also going to put notices in my few updates)... Well enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 2: The Toys are Stolen!

The moment the drunk man came into the house he collapse and began to mutter things about elves.

"Those lousy elves… they were supposed to help me sober up…" muttered "Santa"

"Are you sure that's really Santa…" said Karin with her eye twitching.

"Of course he is! I should know…" said Isshin.

"You're an idiot…" said muttered Karin.

"How many of you still don't believe him to be the real?" asked Isshin.

Unsurprisingly, Ichigo and Karin raised their hands. Isshin sighed.

"I dare you to go on the roof top…" said Isshin.

"Why?" asked Ichigo.

"Just go!" yelled Rukia who had apparently seen what Isshin saw.

"Fine…" muttered Ichigo.

"Whatever…" muttered Karin.

Both of them got unto the roof and saw 8 living reindeer and the sleigh with a sack of toys, both went down stairs to find Santa mumbling something about eggnog and Yuzu, Isshin and Rukia watching The Fox animation Christmas Special which has Homer, Peter and Stan in an externally bloody battle with the Giant Chicken.

"Excuse me…" said Ichigo.

"You saw the sleigh didn't you." Said Yuzu who had also saw the sleigh.

"The owls!" yelled Santa who was confirmed to be the real Santa.

"So Rukia… Soul…" said Ichigo.

"Yes, everyone knows about Santa." Said Rukia.

"That's why I tried to make sure you knew about Santa…" said Isshin.

"Some job you did." Said Karin.

That's when they heard a noise…

"What was that?" asked Ichigo.

"On the roof!" yelled Rukia, "Let' go up there."

"Do we have to, it's the middle of the night." Said Ichigo with his eye twitching.

"Now!" yelled Rukia dragging him.

Both of them went into Soul Reaper mode and went onto the roof… three Mysterious Figures were there. One of them jump into the sleigh and pointed to Rukia and Ichigo. The two nodded and were prepared to fight…

"Okay Here we go!" said Ichigo preparing Zangetsu.

That's when one of the figures went towards Ichigo and kicked him in the nuts. The other figure that was going to fight shrugged and went into the sleigh along with the one that just kicked Ichigo in the jewels… the made the reindeer fly away pulling the sleigh.

"Do you think that was the Grinch?" asked Rukia.

"No…" squeaked Ichigo, "He's down there…"

He pointed the Grinch rummaging though someone's house, stealing stuff.

"Oh… I see…" said Rukia.

And so they went back into the body/Gigai and told Santa what happened.

"What! My sleigh was stolen! I must…" said Santa who then vomited into a nearby bucket.

""Oh great… what are we going to do?" asked Ichigo.

"Maybe we should get help…" said Rukia.

"Oh sure… who can we call at this time at night who's willing to go on an adventure." Said Ichigo.

"Well… there's you're friends." Said Rukia.

"Renji can't come because of well… you know." Said Ichigo.

"Oh right…" said Rukia.

"Uryu's at Midnight Mass right now, Chad's out of the country and Orihime's doing her Christmas Tradition." Said Ichigo.

Meanwhile at a Christmas Tree lot…

"Oh please! Great Christmas Tree! I'm sure you're bring me presents this year." Said Orihime.

Back at the Kurosaki residence…

"Can you mix up the two Charlie Brown Specials?" asked Rukia.

"I have no idea…" said Ichigo.

"But I wasn't referring to them." Said Rukia.

"Then who?" asked Ichigo.

"You know… the group you're a part of…" said Rukia.

"You're a member of the Holy Trinity of Shonen!" said Karin, "Who else are members."

"Oh no… no…" said Ichigo.

"Why… they're friends, aren't they?" asked Yuzu.

"Sure, but whenever I go with on an adventure, something weird happens." Said Ichigo.

"Like what?" asked Rukia.

"When Naruto found that symbol all the ramen packages, it turned into a bad parody of the Da Vinci Code." Said Ichigo.

"Well there's that." Said Rukia.

"And that time I went Treasure hunting with Luffy…" said Ichigo with a shudder, he really didn't want to remember that.

"Well this time you're the one who's starting it… and you're already in it deep." Said Rukia.

Ichigo sighed, he knew he lost that one.

He called Naruto first, since he lived alone.

"Hello?" came a groggy Naruto over the phone.

"Hey, Naruto." Said Ichigo with a sigh, "What's going, do you know what time it is?"

"Well the real Santa showed up on my roof and well he's here and very drunk… and his sleigh and reindeer was just stolen." said Ichigo.

"Really! Awesome! I'll be right there." Yelled Naruto over the phone.

The phone hung up on the other end. Ichigo sighed as he hung it up and picked it back up.

"Please not Nami… Please not Nami…" thought Ichigo.

The phone rang a few times, that's when someone picked up.

"Hello?" came Nami's voice on the other end.

"Hi Nami…" said Ichigo, who was thinking, "Damn it! She's going to charge me for this."

"Ichigo what do you want at this time at night?" asked Nami over the phone.

"Hi… I just wanted to talk to Luffy about something." Said Ichigo with several sweat drops developing.

"Okay, I'll go get him… oh and Ichigo…" said Nami over the phone in the sweetest way possible.

"Yes." Answered Ichigo knowing what was going next.

"I'm charging you for waking me up." Mutter Nami over the phone.

"Damn it!" yelled Ichigo.

After a couple minutes Luffy got on the phone.

"Ichigo what do you want? I was sleeping." Sighed Luffy.

"Well… you see, Santa showed up at my house drunk and well his sleigh and toys were stolen and now I need your help at getting them back." Muttered Ichigo.

"Really? I'll be right there!" yelled Luffy over the phone, which he just hung up.

"Ow…" said Ichigo hanging up the phone once and for all.

"They're doing it, aren't they?" asked Karin.

"What do you think?" asked Ichigo.

The two had gotten to the clinic very quickly… where they met Santa… who was still drunk.

"You know… Naruto… You're my only friend…" said Santa.

"I didn't say anything." Said Naruto blinking.

"So… what will we do?" asked Rukia.

"Let's go investigate on the roof with Santa." Said Ichigo with a sigh.

"Wait are you sure it wasn't the Grinch?" asked Luffy.

"No, the Grinch is right there." Said Ichigo.

The Grinch who was trying the steal the Kurosaki's Christmas tree sweat dropped and ran away not knowing everyone in the house was awake.

Ichigo once again into his Soul Reaper form, he and Luffy dragged Santa on the roof and the 4 of them began to investigate.

"Oh… I'm going to be sick." Said Santa who going to barf.

Correction three of them were investigating.

"Okay… where to start…" said Luffy.

Ichigo sighed… this was the worst Christmas ever…

"Oh man! If we don't find any thing soon, Christmas is done for!" yelled Naruto.

That's when an elf magically appeared.

"What the hell!" yelled Ichigo.

"Santa! How could you!" yelled the elf slapping him in the face.

The elf turned to Naruto, Luffy and Ichigo.

"It's you three! You can help us!" cheered the elf.

"What if I don't want to do it?" asked Ichigo.

"Too late!" said the Elf.

The elf blew magic powder on them and all of them disappeared in a flash of red and green sparkles…

Next Time: Ichigo, Naruto and Luffy along with Santa must find the three that stole the sleigh! With weapons that elves get them will it work or will it fail? Find out next time!