Ean: Be happy! I was on the computer all day writing this. I got in trouble for not doing my chores! Longest chapter ever!
Alexenne: Wow... Song is Finale/ Reprise remade by Shiny Toy Guns
Nexa: Amazing band! Especially their remake of seargent Tom
Ean: Disclaimer...

Kingdom Hearts IIbelongs to Square Enix and Disney.
Nightmare Before Christmas belongs to TIm Burton and Disney
Finale/ Reprise belongs to Danny Elfman and the remake I based this off of belongs to Shiny Toy Guns.
Maximum Ride belongs to james Patterson
Shugo Chara belongs Tot Peach Pitt
Final shirt belongs to Jedidiah

"Die Heartless, die!" I yell at my TV screen, pounding the controller buttons mercilessly.

Amu walks through my bedroom door, eyes wide. "Uh…" She comments.

I press the start button; pausing the game. "Hey Amu." I greet her with a triumphant smile. " I'm just about to beat the present stealing monster!"

I noticed her eyes taking in my clothes. I was in my favorite orange tank- top, black and rainbow plaid pajama pants with my hair in the messy ponytail I slept in.

"What are you playing, Mashiro- san?" Tadase asked; peeking his head in. I glared at Amu as her face turned red.

"What is Kiddy King doing here?" I asked Amu bluntly, pointing at Tadase.

"I, uh… walking…" Amu stammered.

"I saw Hinamori- san walking and started talking to her." Tadase explained. "I could leave if you would like."

I could see Amu begging me with her eyes. I groaned. "Fine. Freaky blonde chibi can stay."

Amu smiled with relief and Tadase thanked me, ignoring the insult.

"Does that mean I can too?" I followed the voice to my window, where sat none other than Ikuto Tsukiyomi.

"Hey Ikuto!" A feminine voice yelled from below Ikuto's tree. I got off my bed and looked down. Staring back up at me was a pissed off Utau Hoshina. Behind her stood a confused Kukai holding a soccer ball.

"Let me guess," I called down to them. "You were in the middle of a soccer challenge when Utau saw Ikuto get up to follow Amu?"

Utau looked at me. "Hi Rima. Yeah, pretty much. Mind if we stay?"

"Why not?" I reply, rolling my eyes. "Might as well."

Someone started pounding on my front door. I left my room, dreading who it could be.

"Hello Rima- chan!" Yaya screamed in my ear. "Yaya and Kairi came too!" She was holding a lollipop in one hand and Kairi's hand in the other.

"Go away." I said, slamming the door. Yaya kept pounding.

"What?" I asked, opening it again.

"Please let Yaya in! Nagi- kun came too!" She pointed to the purple head standing behind her.

"Hell. No." I slammed the door again and walked away. Sadly, I forgot to lock the door, so everyone followed me up to my room.

I sat in my bed as everyone crowded in. Kusukusu started banging her head against the wall and all the charas tried to make her stop.

"So do you want to know why Yaya is here? Yaya was watching Utau and Kukai's competition and knew that Kukai had candy, so Yaya followed Kukai and made Kairi come with her so Yaya wouldn't be alone. Nagi followed Kairi because they were having an argument about the right way to spell . But Yaya thinks it's-"

"Yaya, shut up." I interrupted. "You're starting to sound like Nudge from Maximum Ride."

Nagihiko looked at me. "You read American books?"

"Nope." I answered, shaking my head. "I read the manga version." I pointed to my bookshelf where the Japanese version was setting with my gag mangas.

"Is that Kingdom Hearts?" Kairi asked, a look of excitement on his face. "I love the detail Disney and Square Enix put into that game! A planet made of people's hearts and the need to travel to other world to rescue princesses. Did you know that Heartless are-"

"Someone shut him up before he ruins the game for me!" Everyone stopped talking to listen to me. "I invited Amu over. All the rest of you, go home or hang out downstairs."

As they filed out, Nagihiko grabbed a book from my bookshelf.

"What do you think you're doing?" I asked him.

He shrugged. "I need something to do. If I go home now I'll be doing extra dance practice."

I saw the book he was holding. "That book does not leave this room." I seethed.

Just then, familiar music started playing. "What's this do?" Amu asked, playing with my PS2 controller.

"Ah!" I tackled her. But I was too late. "Murderer!" I yelled at her, gesturing to Sora's limp form. "Give me that!"

I pressed X wildly and tried curing myself. Finally, the laser got me.

"Pfft!" I heard laughter coming from the corner of my room. To my horror, Nagihiko was reading the dreaded book.

"NO!" I yelled, trying to tackle him. He just stood up and side stepped me.

"You do to have the American version of Maximum Ride." He commented as I started jumping wildly for the book.

"What are you doing here?" I was frantic. He can't read that!

"You said the book couldn't leave this room, so I stayed in the room." He defended himself. "Did you seriously comment on all this? And why only the third book?"

"None of your business! Now give it back!"

By now he was just flipping through pages, checking for comments. He held the book above his head, looking up to read it while he danced away from me.

"You're a secret Fang fan girl? I bet your fan boys would pay good money to learn that." He teased. "We'd have an influx of emo boys."

He slowed down his wild page turns and stared intently at a certain chapter. "18 is your lucky number?"

I realized what part he was at and panicked. I finally tripped him and he fell to the floor.

"Give it back!" I squeaked.

"Were you… were you taking notes on kissing?" He asked me, bewilder.

"I was not! Give. It. Back!"

"What's this stuff dried to the page?"

I blushed heavily. "I- I had a nose bleed while reading."

The once silent Amu couldn't stand it anymore and started cracking up. Nagihiko had no choice but to join her, it was just too funny.

Taking advantage of this, I quickly stole the book from him and scurried to my bed. "How far did you get?"

He sat up, still chuckling slightly. "Fang was being emo because Max rejected him."

I sighed in relief. He didn't get to that part. Wait… "Fang is not emo! He just has kick ass fashion sense that you could not even begin to comprehend!"

"Some one is defensive of her imaginary boyfriend." I was going t kill that boy. Instead, I settled for this stupid heartless.

"Die! Die! Die! Die!"

"Do you think that Jack will be okay?" Kairi asked the others. They had been hearing some loud thumps from Rima's room and just now had heard her yell 'die' multiple times.

"Rima's probably just beating him up." Kukai commented with a shrug.

"Nu uh!" Utau contradicted. "They're probably making out or something."

"With Amu up there? No way!" This led to a full on battle.

Despite my protests, Nagihiko stayed and watched me fail at playing Kingdom Hearts II. I died in very creative ways though.

"How do you kill yourself?" Nagihiko asked, incredulous, "Give that to me!" He took the controller away from me and very efficiently killed the monster on his first try.

I stared at the screen with my mouth hanging open as Santa Claus congratulated Sora. "Jerk!" I yelled. "I wanted to do that!"

Nagihiko looked cowed. "Whoops?'

The moochers heard this downstairs,

"…"

"I think I'm starting to agree with Utau."

"Shhh!" Amu demanded as the movie clip started playing. I glared at Nagihiko and went to sit next to my best friend.

"But if it wanted a heart," Sora asked Donald and Goofy. "Why was it going around stealing all those Christmas presents?"

"Maybe because presents are a way to give your heart to someone special." Sally responded. I rolled my eyes at the cliché, but Nagihiko and Amu were engrossed.

"Hmm… well, when you put it that way, I feel sort of bad for it." Sora started being a sap.

I tuned out for a bit until Amu it my arm, "I don't understand!" jack cried. "There's no box! No ribbon tied in a bow!"

"Jack, it's not about the box or the ribbons. It's about what's inside the box." Sora lectured. For once I agreed with him.

"No, Sora." Sally interjected, ruining my moment. "What really counts- what's really special- is the act of giving the gift. To wish deep down in your heart to make someone happy." Gag me with a spoon.

"Right… of course!" jack said, finally understanding. "Thank you Sally. You're absolutely right. Wait! What's this?" Jack puts his hand to his heart. "I feel so strange. So very happy!"

"Jack!" Goofy exclaimed. "That must be Sally's present!"

"Really? This wonderful feeling?" He looked so shocked.

Jack walks over and takes Sally's hands. "Oh, Sally. You've given me the nicest present in the world and I've nothing to give you in return. What would you like? Just name it. Absolutely anything."

"The nicest present I could ever ask for, Jack, is just to be with you." I think I actually saw Amu's eyes tear up.

"You don't even have to ask for that." Jack proceeds to carry Sally away, bridal style.

Jack and Sally started dancing. "Maybe…" Sora mused. "I never gave her a real present after all."

"Who?" Donald asked the obvious question.

"Aw, I bet Kairi would like most anything you gave her." It took me a while to realize Goofy was talking about Sora's girlfriend and not the Kairi downstairs.

"I know! That's what made it so hard to decide!" Sora whined.

"It's not what you give, it's what's in your heart." Donald clarified.

"My heart…?" Dude, guys are so clueless.

"You bet, Kairi's like Sally."

"How?"

"Well as long as she can be with you," Goofy explained, " what else does she need?"

Romantic music plays and Sora remembers dancing with Kairi and her laughing. He starts to laugh too.

"Wow…" we all say. "I made Nagihiko beat that guy just so I could watch this?" I felt cheated.

They both rolled their eyes.

"I could have beat that no problem if there was actually a movie!" I said haughtily. "Usually you can just watch the movie and figure out the plot." They looked at me like I was a dumb ass.

"Rima- chan…" Nagihiko started.

"You've never seen Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton?" Amu asked, disbelief evident in her eyes.

"It must not be that great if I've never heard of it!"

Nagihiko glared at me. "It is one of the best movies ever. Do not diss it until you've tried it."

"Whatever. Get out so I can change."

"I hope you're talking about your attitude."

I shooed the boy out and quickly got dressed. I pulled out some black skinny jeans and a random purple shirt. Amu raised her eyebrows at my choice. I realized the shirt was one my grandma had gotten me and said Dancing = Life.

I quickly traded it in for a blue one. This one said Dance Like No One Is Watching. It was from a deranged uncle. "How many stupid relatives do I have?" I cried out. Amu just giggled.

Finally, I settled for a white T that depicted a girl with pink hair holding a bird. It said Let Me Fly. Amu blushed.

We came down the stairs to shouts of "Jack's alright!" "He's back!" What did they think we were doing up there?

I got my answer shortly after I got down the stairs.

"Did you and Nagi have fun making out?" Utau asked me. I admit, I blushed a little.

"Hey! Don't jump to conclusions!" For once I was happy about Kukai's competitive streak. "She was probably beating him up."

I smiled at this. "I wish." I realized that this could be taken as a response to Utau's suggestion. "That I beat him up I mean." I finished hurriedly.

"Okay guys." Amu stated. "Rima- chan has never seen Nightmare Before Christmas." Everyone gasped audibly.

And that led to two hours of the weirdest movie I have ever seen. "I think I understand why my parents never required me to watch that."

"Where are your parents, Mashiro- san?" Asked Tadase.

I rolled my eyes. "Working all Saturday like responsible adults."

I sat down near the Christmas tree and watched the presents, wondering what each one was.

Sighing, I entered the kitchen to get a glass of water.

"Rima- chan?" I turned to see that Nagihiko had followed me. "May I please have something to drink as well?"

I looked up to answer him when I noticed something above him. Its green leaves and bright red berries glared down at me.

"Look! Yaya sees Rima and Nagi standing under mistletoe!" Of course the hyper active blabbermouth would notice. Why are the gods so cruel?

The others started gathering around. "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" They chanted. I blushed crimson, like the berries.

What was I going to do? I mean, what would you do it you were given an excuse to kiss a hot guy you might kind of sort of like? To keep up appearances, I let him make the first move.

He awkwardly put his hand on my shoulder and tried to bend down slightly. Ah, to hell with it.

I put my hands gently on either side of his face and reached up on my tiptoes, pressing my lips softly to his. I tried varying pressure like I had read about in one of Amu's magazines. I think he kissed back. I couldn't tell, but at least he didn't pull away.

Once I was satisfied, I pulled away. "There." I glared at everyone except Nagihiko. I kept my gaze away from his general direction, seeing as it had been faced that way long enough.

"Party's over. Leave." I instructed them. I hurried out the back door before anyone could try to talk to me.

Being winter, it was only six o'clock and already dark. The stars were shining brightly and I basked in their beauty.

"Thanks for not freaking out in there." I turned to find familiar lips speaking to me. I blushed and looked away.

"No problem." I muttered. "Thanks for beating that game for me."

He smiled. "Anytime. I can't wait until you get to Xemnas."

I rolled my eyes. "Nerd."

"You're the one spending her Saturday playing video games!"

"I'm a girl." I defended. "It's hot for me to play video games."

It was his turn to roll his eyes. "You don't need to play video games to be hot."

I looked around for Rhythm, but the meddlesome chara was no where to be found. That means…

Nagihiko grabbed my chin and gently turned my face towards him. With us both sitting down, we were almost eye to eye. "I mean it."

He leaned in and kissed me. "I want to stay with you like this forever." He said.

If it was anyone else, I would call him a sap but then I would be a hypocrite. "Me too."

We didn't notice that the rest of our friends were watching us from the window.

"They're meant to be."

La Las

Jack's okay and he's back, okay. He's all right, let's shout. Make a fall, scream it out. Jack is back, now everyone's seen. In our town of Halloween.

What is this? What is this? Every god; cruel. What is so completely new? Must be a Christmas thing. It's really very strange. This is Halloween. This is Halloween.

My dearest friend, if you don't mind, I'd like to join you by your side where we can gaze into the stars and sit together, now and forever, for it is plain as anyone can see; we're simply meant to be.

ean: Did you like it? I dedicate it to my nephew who turned five yesterday becaue he loves NBC. Also my cat keeps attacking my foot. I think he over heard my dad and I talking about getting him neutered...
Alexenne: Thank you .forever, Kerturfle and emiko alluriana for reviewing!
Nexa: While writing this, Ean was listening to Low Hero. DLL check them out! They are amazing!