The following night, Ami, Yushi and Gojei proceeded with their plan to stay up and wait for Santa.

Once they were sure that Joko and Akasei were asleep, they very quietly headed downstairs to the Christmas tree.

''All right,'' Ami whispered once they were there, ''Are you sure we'll be able to stay awake?''

''I...don't know...'' Yushi said.

''I know! I know!'' Gojei shouted.

''Shh! Keep it down!'' Ami said. ''But anyway, what's your plan?''

''Wait here,'' Gojei said. She left and later returned with three mugs with some kind of liquid in them.

Yushi and Ami examined them. ''What good is this stuff going to do?''

''It works on Dad,'' Gojei said, ''It's worth a shot.''

''Well...okay then,'' Ami said. All three of them took a sip of the stuff, then promptly spit it out.

''This tastes horrible!'' Yushi said.

''Why does Dad like this so much?'' Ami said.

''Beats me,'' Gojei said.

''Well then, I guess staying awake is going to take willpower and not coffee,'' Ami said.

''Coffee?'' Gojei said, ''How did you know it was coffee?''

''Cause I'm the smart one,'' Ami said in a sort of boastful way.

''Tell me something I don't know,'' Yushi said, rolling her eyes.

Ami's approach was not any better than Gojei's. After about two hours of staying awake and waiting, their eyes began to feel as heavy as the TV set. It wasn't long before they fell asleep.

The next morning, Ami awoke to the feeling of something wet. She rather feebly opened her blurry eyes. She could just barely make out the shape of something standing over her. Confused, she rubbed her eyes. She could now clearly see...the very same puppy she had seen in the department store that she wanted oh so badly.

Absolutely excited, Ami gently shook Yushi and Gojei. ''Hey, you guys!'' She said quietly, ''Look what showed up!''

Yushi and Gojei got up. When they saw the puppy, they too, were completely overjoyed. At once all three of them hugged the fuzzy white pup with sheer joy, so much that they didn't notice Akasei and Joko coming down the stairs.

''So, how do you like him?'' Akasei said.

The Oh-gals were so fixated on the puppy that they didn't answer.

''Well then, I guess that's a stupid question,'' Joko said. ''Look at 'em.''

''You're absolutely right,'' Akasei said, ''for once...''

''What did you just say?'' Joko said angrily.

''It's true,'' Akasei said with a grin.

Before Joko could say anything else the puppy was leaping up on him.

''Akasei! Get this dog away from me!'' Joko said.

''Oh, don't be so rude to Dang-Dang,'' Ami said.

''Dang-Dang?'' Joko asked.

''That's what I named him,'' Ami told him. ''Okay Dang-Dang, leave him alone.'' Dang-Dang ran up to Ami.

''See, I told you everything would work out!'' Yushi said.

''Yeah, now who's the smart one?'' Gojei said.

''All of us!'' Ami said happily. Dang-Dang barked as if to say ''I agree!''

And that's how the Oh-gals got their dog.

A/N: I apolgize for the shortness of this chapter...but it's the last one so I don't really care.

The next ''episode'' will introduce three very important new characters: Kenichi, Lin-Yo, and Kiru...the Tomosumi family. Why are they so important? Sorry, can't tell you now...you'll have to wait.

Well, thanks for reading and Merri Kruimasu (Merry Christmas in Japanese...did I spell it right?)

NEXT TIME ON TOKYO NIGHTS: ''Fame Has A Shadow''