Silver: (smiles) Well, now that I'm back on my feet, here's the one-shot you guys have been waiting for!
The first one-shot of 2008 is a special one, not only because it's a New Year's one-shot, it's the first New Year's celebration in Foxwood Village with Kuri as the new emperor. But when something big happens in Foxwood, will the festivities be disrupted??
9. (Happy New Year!)
ooo Silver's POV ooo
It was New Year's Eve at last. Lisa and I were getting ready to go to the big celebration in Foxwood Village with the rest of the gang. We had also talked with Lisa's parents to see if they wanted to join us, and surprisingly they said yes.
Anna had just gotten her purse and joined us in the living room. "Well; I'm all set…are you sure it's all right if we join you this time?"
I smiled. "Of course we are, you guys."
Lisa nodded. "Yeah; we're always telling you about Foxwood, so it's about time you saw it for yourselves."
"Well…all right, then; but we must admit, we're a bit nervous about meeting the Emperor and Empress." Morris replied.
"Well, there's no need to be. They are two of the nicest foxes you'll meet…well, unless you're an evil digimon, anyway." Lisa and I laughed as we all headed out the door.
ooo Sakuya's POV ooo
Meanwhile, at the palace, I was getting Sakura dressed in her room. The little kit just wouldn't stop squirming as I put on her sweater. "Hold still, hun; I've almost got it." She sighed in relief as I finally got her sweater on. As soon as I did, Kuri stepped into the room.
"Having a bit of trouble dressing Sakura?" he smiled.
"A little, but I know she'll get used to it after a while." I chuckled to myself as Sakura looked to her father, gurgling happily, obviously her way of saying hello.
Kuri chuckled to himself"I was just downstairs in the garage working on a special surprise for the New Year's Eve party tonight."
"Sounds like fun, love; our friends are going to be here soon to help us set things up outside near the outdoor stage as well." I said as I finally finished dressing Sakura. The little kit had on a red sweater with a pentagram pattern and black pants as well; there was even a little hole in the seat of her pants for her tails to slip through. I gently picked her up and cradled her in her arms. "How does she look?"
"A lil punky girl like her dad it seems." He smirked as Sakura smiled brightly at him. Kuri then conjured a spell book and began to look through it.
"Trying to find something special for tonight?" I asked. Kuri only nodded as he continued to try and find whatever he was looking for. Sakura looked up at the book, curious as to what it was.
Kuri smiled, showing her what it was. "It's my spell book; my best one, anyway." She responded by cooing softly and wagging her tails a bit. He then heard something coming from our bedroom and went to check it out.
ooo Kuri's POV ooo
As soon as I got to the main chambers, I noticed my computer was acting strange. "Hmm?" I went over to it to inspect it, but suddenly there was a loud rumble coming from it, shaking the entire palace. I meeped loudly and fell out of my computer chair and onto my back.
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Sakuya came rushing in, carrying Sakura in her arms; the little kit crying loudly as Sakuya helped me up. "Kuri! Are you all right?"
My eyes were wide as I saw something I couldn't believe…my computer monitor flashing as it was snaking out lines of digital code shot and snaked out of it. "I, I have no idea what's happening…" Apparently that got the attention to the kits that were playing outside the palace, as they had all rushed inside as soon as they felt the rumble. Finally, my computer stopped shaking and it ended as the last lines left the palace, my eyes were still wide.
Sakuya blinked as her own eyes were wide. "What the hell was that…?" she asked while trying to calm Sakura down.
"I, I guess we can call it a code storm…" I stepped forward slowly, in case my PC spat out anything. I picked up my chair and I began to look.
A sudden thought then came to me. "Sakuya, did the digital world start out as a mere online game?"
"From what I heard, yes…although it's been so long ago, I don't know the entire story, though."
"Well, let's just say I accounted for the missing programming on my PC."
She nodded, still trying to calm Sakura down; the little kit was obviously devastated from the shock. I looked down.
"It's World of Warcraft. The code is out now, and I have no idea what it's doing out here. I just checked and the game isn't being affected per se, however, how it'll affect this world, I have no idea…"
Sakuya nodded as Sakura finally started to calm down. I then stood, noticing how calm Sakuya was about this situation. "Y, you're taking this rather well, hun…"
She shrugged. "Well, we have had new worlds added in the past before you came along, love; but it's been a long time, though."She then smiled at Sakura. "I'm just glad Sakura's calmed down; apparently this event scared her quite a bit."
"Well, let's just hope no one else panics due to it." I then went over to my telescope after hearing something. Looking though it and zeroing in on the object, I then spotted what I was looking for. "Hmm…a Gryphon." (A/N: that's a creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion). "Not enough to tell if it's a digimon or not, I have no idea what to look for."
"Well, there is a digimon called Gryphonmon. He's a mega-level digimon." Sakuya then took my digivice and brought up his profile, showing it to me. The digimon looked similar to what I was looking at, except it had a mask covering its face. I blinked a bit. "Hmm…no mask." I looked yet again. "Well, it looks like this world just had an expansion pack installed."
Sakuya nodded again. "This is going to get some people excited."
I then fully stood after I looked again, sighing slightly.
"What is it, love? Just thinking?"
"Yes…if this has dire implications, it, will be my fault it happened…"
She gently placed a paw on my shoulder; Sakura looked up to me, whimpering a bit after sensing something was wrong. I looked to her and she nuzzled me gently, trying to help me feel better.
Sakuya smiled. "I'm guessing she sensed you were feeling upset about this whole ordeal, and she just wanted to cheer you up again." Sakura cooed softly in response, her wagging a bit.
I smiled slightly. "Maybe, this won't be such a bad thing…" I chuckled softly as Sakura gave me a loving lick on the cheek.
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A few hours later, all of our friends made it to the palace. Apparently they had all sensed the code storm and checked in on us. Of course, right after things had settled down, we all went back to preparing for New Year's Eve. After all, we weren't about to let the code storm stop us from celebrating. I headed outside and looked around, noticing that Foxwood had gained some new citizens. Quite a few of them were some of the creatures from my game, including gnomes, dwarves, and Night Elves. (A/N: if you guys don't have any idea what he's talking about, just look up World of Warcraft online :3).
I smiled as quite a few of our original citizens were showing the newcomers around the village, and needless to say I was relieved to see this.
I then saw quite a few of the citizens from our surrounding areas come through the new gates I developed, apparently, the code storm didn't just effect Foxwood, but the newcomers were getting along with them just as well.
I then went into the koi gardens in the back of the palace, seeing all of the servants, and even some of my robots decorating the entire area for the celebration we would have that night. I smiled as I saw Silver and Lisa along with two adult humans helping as well.
ooo Normal POV ooo
I looked up and saw Kuri standing near the gate. "Oh, there he is now, you guys." I then went over to him, my parents following close behind. "Kuri, this is my mom, Anna and my dad, Morris." I smiled as they bowed in respect.
"It's nice to finally meet you, Kuri; Lisa's told us a lot about you." Mom replied.
Kuri blushed some, clearing his throat. "W, welcome to the castle."
Dad chuckled a bit. "There's no need to be so nervous…but then again, we were a bit nervous about this, too. It's our first time meeting royalty, after all…and our first trip to the digital world."
"Of course, Lisa told us about this place as well, and we've never even imagined such beauty as we've seen in Foxwood today."
Kuri nodded. "Well, even though there was a bit of a code leak earlier this morning, it seems to have gotten even better than what it was."
"Well, Lisa seems to be the computer expert in this family, so I'm pretty sure she can explain that to us." I blushed a bit as Dad laughed to himself.
"C'mon, dad; I'm not an expert…well, not yet, anyway."
"Hey, you're trying; and that's all that matters." Kuri replied.
"Of course, we're really looking forward to the New Year's Eve party later. New Year's is one of the only times we get to spend together as a family since Anna and I divorced."
Kuri nodded. "Well, the gateway network is open for use, so feel free to come back whenever you like. Also, I'm glad the pentagrams around the palace didn't put you off, either, as I am likely Foxwood's first Wiccan emperor."
Mom smiled. "Even though Morris and I are Christians, we don't discriminate anyone else of their religion, no matter what they are or who the person is."
"The Wiccan rede calls for the same, so thank you." Kuri bowed.
"Well, we'd better get back to decorating; there are only a few hours left until the party." We all bowed to Kuri in respect as we headed back to decorating."
"Phew…I'm glad that went well…" I thought to myself.
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ooo Maliha's POV ooo
After a while, all of the decorations were in place, and all of the guests had arrived, including some of the newcomers had shown up for the festivities. Apparently, Lisa wasn't the only one that had brought her parents to the party; even Taka and Luna had brought their families to celebrate with us. Everyone was had special party hats and noisemakers, similar to those given out at the celebrations in New York City in the real world; some of us were even wearing special 2008 glasses.
The palace chefs had made special treats for everyone, and even some of Mohatu's students were performing for the guests.
I grinned. "Wow; this is turning out to be quite a party, huh?"
"It sure is, Maliha; I've never been to one so big." Natsuke replied eating some of the sweets the chefs had made.
Needless to say, everyone was having a blast at the party; Kuri was playing with Koga and his band, and there were even party games laid out for the kits to play. Some of them had even started a snowball fight with some of the gnomes and dwarves.
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Suddenly, Diamond and Sakura, who were playing together in a playpen immediately stopped what they were doing and started crying louder than usual; and that caught everyone's attention.
Sakuya turned to Kuri after he had gotten off the stage, with a look of concern on her face. "Kuri; there's a digimon outside the village gate!"
"Fuck, I guess even bad guys don't take a break on New Year's Eve." As he and Sakuya quickly pressed their pendants, donning their armor, the rest of the gang quickly rushed to their side as they left the village; the palace guards stayed behind to protect the rest of the guests just in case.
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ooo Lyoko's POV ooo
As we quickly made our way to the village gate, we saw Machinedramon who was panting heavily from trying to defend the village against the enemy.
"Machinedramon couldn't handle this one?"
The mecha digimon shook his head. "No, even he was too much for me." He growled as he sensed the evil digimon's presence once again. Machinedramon looked very beat up as he was limping and was spewing some kind of black goo.
Kuri noticed this and growled. "Damnit. I promise to fix you when we're finished."
Suddenly, the shadow of a Wargreymon came into view; the digimon soon came out after a few moments, and he had black armor all over his body.
Lisa whipped out her digivice. "That's Black Wargreymon, Kuri; he's a mega-level and his special attack is the Terra Destroyer."
Kuri pulled out his sword. "I've heard of this one, able to flatten entire towns in one shot. He will not take this village.
Black Wargreymon then got into his fighting stance, ready to take us all at once, then charged at us with his sharp claws. Kuri then began a chant, after he was finished, a barrier was soon made, protecting us.
He was caught off guard by the barrier, but didn't let that stop him. "Ha! You think that's going to stop me?! TERRA DESTROYER!!" He then launched a huge black ball of energy and tossed it at us, destroying the barrier. Fortunately, we were all able to get out of the way before the attack hit.
"Damn, it doesn't look like this is going to be easy, Kuri."
Kuri only smirked, putting his paws up. "There's a thing about us shadow beings," he stopped the energy ball with his paws. "Using the same element is a little foolhardy." he closed his eyes and took in the energy.
Black Wargreymon growled. "What-!? How are you doing that??" he got into his fighting stance again. Kuri opened his eyes.
"I get called hellfire for a reason."
He growled again. "Well, I won't let that stop me!" he charged at Kuri, ready to fight again.
Kuri braced himself, putting up an arm, a shield of red energy springing out. "PIKEMAN SHIELD!!"
Black Wargreymon ended up slamming directly into the shield, falling over in the process. Everyone else winced.
"Ooh, he's gonna be feelin' that one in the morning…" Taka smirked. There were grooves in the ground where Kuri shot back slightly as well, but he was still standing.
Meanwhile, we decided it was our turn to join in the fight. "GEM STONE TORNADO!" Dad spun around, shooting his gemstones at Black Wargreymon, but somehow he managed to dodge all of them. Kuri then thrust his paw to the ground, parts of it around him blackening and bulging up.
Black Wargreymon managed to keep from falling over. "Grr…persistent bastard, aren't you…?"
Lady Sakuya growled. "No one calls my mate a bastard and gets away with it!" She leapt up. "SPIRIT STRIKE!!" She launched her attack at him, causing a direct hit. He growled out in pain as the attack hit him dead on, but he managed to keep from falling over once again.
Taka charged at him. "THUNDER OF THE KINGS!!" He launched his static electricity at him, trying to trap Black Wargreymon in his tracks.
He only smirked, dodging the attack. "TERRA DESTROYER!!" he launched his attack once again, and hit Taka dead on; causing him to fall flat on his back.
Luna gasped. "TAKA!"She flew over to him to see if he was alright.
"Damn, he just won't quit!"
Dad snarled. "He's strong; what should we do, Kuri?" He watched as the rest of us tried to fend off Black Wargreymon. Kuri only smirked.
"Come forth, my minions." Suddenly, skeleton hands began to shoot through the ground, each holding a sword.
My eyes widened. "Woah…that's so cool…!" Finally, armored skeleton warriors began to climb out of the ground, each one's eyes were glowing the same emerald green as Kuri's. Black Wargreymon growled, looking around, by the looks of things he wasn't about to let them stop him just yet.
Kuri then stood. "Get 'em." The skeletons then began to charge. Black Wargreymon charged, too; he still had a lot of energy to fight all of them.
Kuri panted a bit, he had given out a lot of mana on this spell and it was draining as his warriors fought. (A/N: in World of Warcraft, mana is a magical power resource available to casters which they draw upon casting spells).
"I don't have time for this!!" Black Wargreymon then concentrated his energy into his strongest attack. "TERRA DESTORYER!!"a ball of energy that was even larger than the last two formed in his claws, and then he tossed it down at the warriors. With that single attack, he destroyed each and every one of the warriors he hadn't already destroyed. "Ha! Where are your warriors now!?" He laughed evilly to himself.
"Heh." Kuri closed his eyes again, the bones of the skeletons rattling. Black Wargreymon soon stopped laughing as his eyes grew wide.
"You've got to be kidding me…"
"I will expend every last unit of mana I have if it means making sure you do not harm our home."
"He still has a lot of energy, love…we still have to do something about that."
"Heh, I decided to mix this one up." some of the skeletons were now sporting robes and staffs, they already began charging spells. Black Wargreymon growled, knowing he would have to do something about this. However, before he could get another thought out, the skeletons began a spell assault, of which they didn't let up.
He roared loudly in pain, feeling himself being drained of his energy. After about 5 minutes of this, Kuri raised his paw, commanding the skeletons to stop.
"I will give you a chance."
Even though this was painful to Black Wargreymon, he wasn't about to give up that easily-he growled out. "NEVER!!" He struggled to get up after all of that.
"Stop it already. We're both worn out, and I would rather not hurt you any more."
He smirked, panting heavily "nonsense; I've still got enough energy up my sleeve..." then, with a mighty roar, he managed to somehow even breakthrough that as well.
"You've got to be kidding; will this guy ever quit??" Taka growled.
Kuri narrowed his eyes. "Very well." He then pulled from his belt what looks like a scimitar attached to a metal ring, when he raised it, it fanned out into a massive four bladed shuriken.
Black Wargreymon looked up at the shuriken. "Bring it on; I'm ready for anything you throw at me!" he growled at Kuri with hatred in his heart.
"All of you be ready, after this I may have no energy left." With that, all of us got into our fighting stances, just in case this didn't work.
He narrowed his eyes again. "Demon, wind, SHURIKEN!!" Kuri then whipped the shuriken hard, and it spun to fiercely, creating a whirlwind.
Black Wargreymon soon got caught within the whirlwind; he roared as his armor was severely damaged within the attack.
Kuri smirked, seeing there was during a guard the shuriken was stuck into the armor plating.
'If this doesn't work, we'll need a miracle…' Lady Sakuya worried to herself.
He then shut his eyes. "Lightning web!!" several arcs of lightning shot off his body, the shuriken acting as a lightning rod.
The mecha digimon continued to roar out as his armor continued to get hit; but somehow he managed to keep his power from going out of whack.
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ooo Sakuya's POV ooo
After the attack finished, a blue meter on Kuri's armor drained the rest of the way, and he collapsed, since he was out of mana. I went over to him. "Kuri!" I caught him just before he hit the ground. Thankfully, he was still breathing; but unfortunately, so was Black Wargreymon.
Even though a lot of damage was done to his armor, he was still able to stand, chuckling evilly to himself. Lyoko's eyes bulged. "Well, that's it-we need a miracle…"
"Did someone say they needed a miracle?" A mysterious voice soon called out from the shadows. Kuri smirked, obviously he had sensed them coming before anyone else, as that last attack was at least to waste them.
Suddenly, Lisa spotted six figures from behind them. Her jaw dropped as she saw Rika, Takato and Henry from the third season of digimon, all of them with their partners standing beside them. "No way...!"
Mike's eyes bulged. "You're kidding...I thought they were just cartoon characters..!"
Takato smirked. "We thought you guys could use some help. Biomerge activate!!" Everyone watched as they biomerged with their partners, Kuri meanwhile conjured a flask containing glowing blue water; after he drank it, his mana was soon restored in a matter of seconds.
After they biomerged, Kuri stood fully charged, re summoning the skeleton troopers. "The kickass express is waiting, nonstop ticket to ownage"
Gallantmon then stood forward with the others. "Black Wargreymon; you've caused enough trouble with this village and its citizens; now you're gonna pay!" All three digimon stood beside the warriors, ready to kick his ass.
Kuri and I stood together, he soon drew his sword. "Waiting for the call?"
"We're ready whenever you are!" MegaGargomon replied, getting in his fighting stance.
He gripped the blade of his sword, there was a calm on the battle field, and he then drew it forward, giving the signal. "Charge!!"
We all charged at Black Wargreymon at the same time; the warriors doing serious damage to him as well. "SPIRIT STRIKE!!" Sakuyamon and I then launched our attacks at the same time, making direct hits.
Kuri was in the back, calling to his skeleton warriors. "Rain of fire, full effect!!" Fireballs soon began to rain down from the sky, not harming our side at all, but doing some major damage to Black Wargreymon. He roared the loudest of all at our attacks; unfortunately for him, we weren't done just yet.
"MEGA BARRAGE!!" MegaGargomon launched every one of his missiles at Black Wargreymon, causing another hit.
Kuri's smirk grew broader, he dismissed his skeleton army. "Back up for a moment everyone." the clouds parted, and a green streak was headed for us. Everyone backed up, wondering what was going to happen next.
"Now what's goin' on?"
The object hit the ground hard, embedding itself pretty much at the Black Wargreymon's feet.
Now, he couldn't even get up, no matter how hard he tried. "Damn it all! I can't move!!" He snarled.
The ground split open, and a massive gnome rose out, his rocky body engulfed in green flames.
"This big fellow is an infernal a former soldier of the burning legion."
"Hehe, that's awesome; now he can't cause any more trouble with that attack of his" Gallantmon then stepped forward, powering up his weapon to shoot his Lightning Joust attack. "Hey, you'd better get outta the way!"
Kuri then put his paw up. "Ease off friend." he looked up at the Infernal "You knock him out." he pointed to Black Wargreymon. The infernal looked down, before raising one of his stone fists and slamming it down onto Black Wargreymon's head. He roared one last time before he finally felt himself being drained of the last of his energy; before finally powering down.
Kuri smirked, folding his arms as the infernal did the same. The entire village erupted with cheers; all of them that Black Wargreymon was finally defeated.
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ooo Tayla's POV ooo
After everyone reverted back to their original forms, we all headed back to the palace. While Black Wargreymon was taken to the castle's new prison, Lady Sakuya and Kuri invited the Tamers and their partners to join us at the party, in thanks for saving our lives.
As it turns out, Rika's Renamon was actually a citizen of Foxwood Village before the twosome became partners, and they had been there for a few days already visiting Renamon's old home. Needless to say, we were all very fortunate that they came along just in the nick of time.
The Tamers were being greeted by a lot of the youngsters; apparently they had all seen the battle between them and the D-Reaper a few years ago, and had started a fan club for the six of them. Even though they were slightly caught off guard, the Tamers gladly signed autographs for all of the youngsters at the party.
The rest of us looked on. "Do you think we'll be as famous as those guys someday, Tayla?" Maliha thought aloud.
I smiled. "Maybe; if we keep training and work as hard as those guys to defend the digital world from evil."
"Yeah, but hey, we're already famous here in Foxwood, so who knows where that'll take us." Silver replied, her tail swaying a bit as everyone else continued to enjoy the party.
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It was almost midnight and everyone was excited for the New Year to arrive. Kuri and Lady Sakuya, who still had on our armor, stepped onto the stage as Kuri grabbed a mic. "May we have everyone's attention, please?" Everyone turned to the stage, smiling as Kuri continued.
"We would like to thank you all for coming to Foxwood's annual, somewhat revamped New Year's Eve bash. Now before the big moment comes, Sakuya and I would like to give some special thanks to our brave warriors; without whom, I wouldn't have the pleasure of giving these announcements." A spotlight then came down on the Tamers and their partners as everyone cheered.
Lady Sakuya smiled as well. "Would you all please step forward?" Takato and his friends stepped up onto the stage, wondering what was going on. She then conjured medals that would be familiar to all of us (A/N: if anyone else has any ideas for other medals for Foxwood Village, PLEASE let me know in reviews!!).
"In honor of your bravery in defeating Black Wargreymon and protecting the village and its citizens, I would like to bestow upon you the Foxwood Metal of Honor." she smiled as she put the metals around the digimon's necks; everyone applauded as she did so.
"And for the Tamer's efforts in helping your partners defeating him, and seeing as this is your first visit, I would like to bestow the Medal of Merit on you, making you honorary citizens of Foxwood Village." everyone applauded once again as she placed the medals around their necksas well.
Henry grinned. "Wow…thanks your highness!"
Kuri smiled. "I believe I speak for all of us when I say, welcome home." Everyone cheered even louder than the last time; all of them welcoming Foxwood's newest citizens.
"I believe you have something else for them as well, love." Lady Sakuya smirked at him and Kuri nodded stepping forward.
"From what I saw in battle today, all of you showed many qualities. Valor, bravery, a sense of justice, helping those in need; even going out of your way to do so." he smiled and drew his sword, touching them each upon the shoulder with the flat side of the blade before speaking again. "The qualities of knights." everyone cheered the loudest of all as soon as that was said as he sheathed his sword when he was finished.
The tamers blushed slightly. "Wow...we'd never thought something like this would happen to us, Kuri..."
Kuri nodded. "Well, Sir Takato, it did."
"Sir Takato...yeah, I like the sound of that." He smirked as his friends laughed softly to themselves.
"Well, don't expect any armor; I don't want it slowing you down."
"That's alright; we don't mind that."
Suddenly, another digimon came up to Kuri as he came out of his armor, whispering in his ear.
"What is it, love; is it almost time for your surprise?" She asked.
"It is; have everyone come out to the front of the palace." And without another word, Kuri left the backyard, heading to the palace garage.
ooo Sakuya's POV ooo
-Epilogue-
As soon as everyone made it, we were all surprised to see a large, very unique looking airship in the palace garage. It was silver except for the front end which had a blade, and it was in black with red trim.
Kuri smirked at our surprised looks. "Say hello to Foxwood's newest airship: The Iron Fox!"
I went over to him, a smile of pure awe on my face. "Oh my, Kuri…this, this is incredible…!"
"I've been working on this little project for months as a gift to you, Sakuya; of course, this little baby has a lot more power than one might think. And it's going to be part of tonight's party as well in about a minute."
Everyone cheered once again as the rooftop to the palace garage soon began to open; a large timer set beside the palace soon started counting down. As time passed, Kuri watched the countdown, with a radio in paw. Everyone then counted down the final ten seconds of 2007.
And as soon as the timer hit zero…
Kuri spoke into the radio. "Fire!" And with that, all the ship's cannons fired at the palace, but there was no harm done; instead, there was an explosion and a sign reading 2008 erupted into flames. Everyone looked up in awe as they cheered, and even the couples began to kiss, as per tradition.
After which, the cannons re-aimed away from the castle, and a special fireworks display was had continued for the guests. I went over to Kuri, giving him a loving kiss on the lips as he blushed and returned it. Meanwhile, Sakura and Diamond were grinning as they snuggled together, watching the colorful fireworks.
Finally, Kuri broke the kiss as I nuzzled him gently. "Happy New Year, Sakuya."
"Happy New Year, Kuri."
-The End-
Silver: Well, it might not be as long as Kuri and Sakuya's first two stories were, but let's hope that this one-shot was worth the wait…especially since it's over a month late.
Hey, it probably wouldn't have been a month late if you didn't catch that cold a while back, that and I've been having a rough time at school, too. Unfortunately, I found out I won't be graduating college on time…I still have 3 classes left to take in the summer… (Lowers head, letting out a long sigh)
Maliha: (pats her gently on the shoulder) hey, it's not the end of the world, Renaki; besides, you've still got us and the rest of the gang to support you.
Tayla: (smiles) yeah, and I'm sure your reviewers feel the same way; and speaking of the reviewers, here are the names of the ones who reviewed the 8th one-shot!
Natsuke1985, ShadowJ51, and SassyOMG2282!
Silver: And you guys be sure to be on the look out for a special Valentine's Day one-shot that'll be posted no later than the end of this month! So until next time:
All: SEE YA!!