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Seto woke as the clock rang out. He looked. Midnight. " What the hell?" A small voice giggled and Seto looked towards it. Yugi stood there, glowing a pale blue. " Hi, Seto." He grinned at him.
" Yugi? What are you doing here?" Seto asked, surprised. Yugi giggled, then puffed himself up importantly. " I'm the Ghost of Christmas Presents!" He stopped for a second, thinking. " No. Thats not right." He reached into the breast pocket of his little blue pajamas and pulled out a little card. He studied the card for a moment. " Ah, yes. I'm the Ghost of Christmas Present. Thats right." He held a hand out to Seto. " Come on, come on. No time to waste." Seto sighed and took his hand.
There was a flash and they stood outside a small house in the poorer side of Domino. Seto didn't recognize it.
" Yugi, Where are we?" Yugi led him up to the window. Inside was a young woman with a little boy in her arms. She had a black eye. The boy was crying. She tried to calm him, singing softly to him. It took a moment for Seto to realize who he was seeing.
"Stacey! My secretary!" Yugi nodded. " A single mother on a pittance salary." Seto watched closely. " Where did she get the black eye?" Yugi just pointed. A big man walked into the room, holding a bottle of beer. " From him?" Yugi nodded. " Where are the little boys presents?" Seto wanted to know.
" What was she supposed to buy presents with? Her boyfriend drinks away what little she makes from you." As Seto watched, she knelt down in front of the gold cross on the wall. She folded her son's hands in prayer. " Dear God. Thank you for all that I have this day. For my son, Tommy, And this lovely snowy day. Bless Tommy, and The wonderful people at the shelter, and Mr Kaiba, for his check which pays the rent. Amen." Seto was in tears when Yugi looked up at him. " She even blessed me." Yugi just took his hand.
There was a flash and they stood outside Kame Game Shop. Seto looked in the window, hoping that they were having a good Christmas. Inside, Yugi, Atem, and Mokuba were gathered around the fire with Grandpa Motou. They each had one gift and eagerly watched others open theirs. They sat down to a small turkey dinner and talked cheerfully "How are they so happy? So little food, so few gifts. How?"
Seto demanded of the spiky haired spirit, who smiled. " We never had much on the holidays. So we made up for it with being together and being happy. Don't we look happy?" Seto nodded. " I don't think I've ever seen Mokuba so happy. Not since our parents died." Yugi nodded and took Seto's hand again.
" Time to go?" Seto asked. Yugi nodded.
There was a bright flash. They stood in a dirty living room. A man lay sleeping on a broken, threadbare sofa, a beer bottle in his hand. A tall blonde walked through the room with a trash bag, picking up empty beer cans and bottles.
" Joey?" Seto walked over to him. " He can't hear you." Yugi told him. Seto nodded. At that point Joey looked up, at the drunken man on the sofa. " Jeez, Pops. You could have at least opened your present." He opened it up. Inside was a beautiful wool blanket. Joey covered his dad up with it.
" This is Joey's Christmas?" Seto asked, stunned. Yugi nodded. " Awful, isn't it?"
Seto nodded. Yugi took his hand again. " We're done." There was a bright flash and Seto was, again, in his bedroom.