MERRY BELATED CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!!!! I hope all of you had a nice holiday (I sure did!). Sorry this wasn't updated on the actual date of Christmas….I'm horrible when it comes to updating fanfics on actual holiday dates, ahaha (anime sweat drop). But, here's a chapter now, so….yeah. Enjoy! It's my holiday gift to all of you wonderful people!
Shadow: I hope I didn't get coal this year (glares at Kabuto) or else someone's going down.
Kabuto: Wait, how is you getting coal MY fault?!
Shadow: Because….you provoke me to be evil…..
Kabuto: (blinks confusedly) How?
Shadow: BECAUSE I HATE YOU!!!! (storms off)
Kabuto: ???
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DRABBLE FIFTEEN: Christmas Drunks
Knock knock!
Shadow glared ruby daggers at the front door, wishing that it and its inhabitants on the porch would burst up in flames. But since it still continued to heavily rain snow, any amount of combustion wouldn't be happening soon. The annoyed and demonic looking teen threw down her new vampire manga and got out of the armchair. She dragged herself to the front door and opened it, revealing to herself half a dozen cheery and rosy-cheeked carolers.
"We WISH you a Merry Christmas, we WISH you a Merry Christmas, we WISH you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Yeeeeeear!" the six carolers sang merrily, swaying themselves in unison to the beat of their voices.
Shadow was not amused.
The carolers looked back at her confused, but continued on singing happily. "Good tidings we bring, to you and your kin, Good tidings for Christmas and a--"
Their cheery Christmas carol was rudely interrupted by the slamming of the front door.
Shadow glared at them through the front window, listening with glee to their disappointed sighs and downcast looks at seeing another person slamming their door on them. The girl rolled her eyes as she heard one of the carolers say, "Maybe she didn't like that carol."
"It looked like she didn't like any carol, George," one of the other ones stated.
The caroler by the name of George sighed sadly and lowered his head. "You're right…."
Unable to stand their presence any longer, Shadow threw up the front window and stuck her head out. "HEY!! GET THE HELL OFF OF MY PORCH!!!" she screamed, producing a large, sharp bladed axe a few moments later. "OR ELSE I'LL RUN YOU ALL DOWN AND CHOP YOU APART!!!"
The carolers, terribly frightened at seeing the axe, fled from the porch, screaming bloody murder and ran down the snowy street.
"Hmph…showed THEM," Shadow muttered, closing the big window and hurriedly deposited the axe under the couch as she saw Orochimaru walk into the living room, a coffee mug in his hand.
He managed to catch a glimpse of the frightened carolers out the window. The snake Sanin knew the reason of their distress and looked down Shadow, unimpressed. "You threatened them, didn't you?"
"Yeah."
"I see," he said dully, taking a long sip of the contents of his mug.
"What's that?" Shadow asked, though not really interested.
"Eggnog."
Shadow's eyes widened. "Wow. You drink that crap?" She made a disgusted face and scrunched her nose.
"Yes," Orochimaru replied simply, taking a seat in the large armchair. He took a small, blue puzzle book off of the coffee table and held it in his hands, lost in thought. "Hmm…I bought Kabuto Sudoku puzzles for Christmas….do you think he'll like those?"
Shadow grunted unhappily at hearing Kabuto's name. "I guess….how the hell should I know what he wants?" Shadow's expression then turned evilly playful, resting herself on one of the chair's arms and looking down at Orochimaru with an innocent look.
"Orochimaru-samaaaaaaaaaa," she egged on, getting real close to her master now, "….what did you get me for Christmas, huh?"
Eyebrow raised, Orochimaru stared up at his young apprentice, not liking the close contact with her and, unexpectedly, flicked her on the forehead.
"Oww!" Shadow fell off the armchair, rubbing her sore forehead. She glared at the snake Sanin, who in turn grinned at her and her now read forehead. Geez, he has strong fingers…..
"You'll find out tomorrow. Now go do something productive." Orochimaru turned himself around and absorbed himself in his novel, taking drinks of eggnog as he did so. He attempted to block out Shadow's voice, expecting to hear her complain about the lack of "things to do", but with no luck.
"What is there to do?" Shadow loudly complained, flailing her arms in frustration, "it's Christmas eve--everything's closed! I've been on the Internet for eight hours now--my head hurts! And there's NO WAY I'm studying for finals now….screw math….."
Orochimaru looked up from his novel and sighed. "Why don't you go see if there's any sign of Santa Clause in the sky?" he suggested. He looked up in curiosity at not receiving a response.
"……."
"……."
"Orochimaru-sama, you DO know there's no such thing as Santa, right?"
"…….."
"……You DID know that…..right?"
"What do you mean there's no such thing as Santa?!" came Anna's voice as she stood under the space that divided the living room and hallway. She had on a purple and black striped Santa hat with a long tail and was clad in black pajamas. Her blue eyes filled with tears and she gripped her stuffed moose tighter at hearing Shadow's claim of no Santa.
So a shocked Orochimaru and grieve-stricken Anna gathered round while Shadow told them that there was a spirit of Santa, but no actual person that rode a sleigh and delivered presents, like they were lead on to believe.
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Being reassured she'd still get presents, Anna went back to her jubilant self. She and Shadow bounded down the hallway and disappeared into Anna's room, where they began to play a heated game of holiday themed Yahtzee and drank Mountain Dew. The two girls were as happy as they could get on Christmas eve. After playing many rounds of Yahtzee (and destroying the box into many shards) and watching numerous anime AMVs, the two girls fell asleep at Anna's computer desk.
Orochimaru, meanwhile, was still in shock at the realization of their being no Santa. So he sat on the couch for quite some time, drinking eggnog (which he added small amounts of vodka to), and attempted to battle away his depression with it.
The tall grandfather clock struck one o'clock Christmas morning. The depressed snake Sanin glared at it and threw one of his many expensive shot glasses at it, only to miss the grandfather clock completely and crash out the window.
"Daaammit…" Orochimaru slurred, wobbling slightly where he sit. He placed one hand on the coffee table that was littered with shot glasses and spills of eggnog and tried to pour himself another glass, missing the glass and ended up making a mess on the carpet.
Sounds of faint footsteps were then heard. A sleepy looking Kabuto dressed in purple pajamas with little music notes came trudging out of the hallway, rubbing his tired brown eyes. He put his thin rimmed glasses on and adjusted them on his face. Squinting his eyes, he made out the outline of Orochimaru, which became clearer and clearer. The shot glasses and many bottles of eggnog and vodka then became visible.
"Lord Orochimaru-sama…..what are you doing?" Kabuto asked, walking into the living room and over to his master. "It's late…you should be getting to bed…" He picked up the vodka bottle and sighed, pushing up his falling glasses. "And why are you drinking?"
"There….there's no Saana, Kaaabooto."
"Pardon?"
Orochimaru shook his head to clear away his mind, but it only worsened his headache. "There's…nooooo….SAAAANTA….."
"And? You didn't know that before?" Kabuto asked incredulously, taking a seat beside the older man.
"N-no…."
"Wow. That's, err….quite pathetic on your part, Orochimaru-sama."
Sighing, Orochimaru successfully poured himself another glass of eggnog and vodka and handed it to his right-hand-man. "Please….d-drink with me," he said, offering Kabuto the shot glass.
Kabuto looked at Orochimaru, and then at the glass in his master's hand. Shrugging, he took it and it was quickly consumed.
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"Hey….Shadow…wake up!"
" Unnnhhh!" Shadow groaned as she felt a finger dig into her arm. "Wha?"
" Get up! It's Christmas!" Shadow heard her excited cousin exclaim. "Now let's go!" Shadow became utterly annoyed as Anna grabbed onto her arm and pulled, attempting to drag her off the computer chair where she happily resided.
After many pokes in the arm and pulls on it too, Anna finally managed to pull Shadow out of the chair and onto her feet. The blue-haired girl frowned as Shadow still continued to sleep standing up. She sighed, having to resort to desperate measures.
Anna raised her hand and slapped Shadow clear across the face.
"GUH!!!!" a surprised Shadow was now wide awake, stumbling backwards and crashing into the computer desk. "DID YOU JUST SLAP ME?!"
The other girl laughed and smiled. "Merry Christmas!"
Shadow took the "Merry Christmas" into no thought or consideration. The enraged girl took her axe and rose it in the air. "YOU WILL REGRET SLAPPING ME, YOU ASSHOLE!!"
Yelping in sheer fear, Anna bolted out of the room and down the hallway. Shadow followed closely behind with the axe still in her hand.
"COME BACK HERE!!"
"NO! NEVER!"
Anna stumbled into the living room, where she stopped and looked at the sight before her incredulously. Shadow crashed into her, taking Anna's right arm into her grasp.
"HA! YOU'RE--" Shadow stopped talking and stared at the passed out forms of Orochimaru and Kabuto sprawled out on the living room floor. A vodka bottle hung loosely in Kabuto's hand, while a eggnog bottle dangled in Orochimaru's. The room reeked of alcohol and eggnog.
"…..Anna?"
" Y-Yeah?"
" What the hell were these guys doing?"
"…..I don't know…."
" Oh. Well…wanna go raid everyone's presents?"
" Okay!"
And so, Shadow and Anna raided and opened all the Christmas gifts (Kabuto put them all there before he went to bed…Orochimaru was too lost in his thoughts to notice) and even opened Orochimaru and Kabuto's (Shadow was overjoyed at not getting coal again). An hour later, the two men woke up and saw wrapping paper and bows littering the living room floor. They became enraged at seeing all their presents opened and cookies eaten (Kabuto put those out last night as well). The snake Sanin and medic nin chased the two girls all around the house before Kabuto knocking them out with his Nirvana Temple jutsu. They dragged Shadow and Anna out on the front porch and left them out in the cold.
Orochimaru and Kabuto soon went into a depression when they realized all the eggnog was gone.
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Thus ends another drabble in the Under the Same Roof series.
I hoped you guys liked it…and yes. Orochimaru has an eggnog addiction…ahaha…he found the vodka on accident.
Orochimaru: (blushes in embarrassment) Why was I acting like that?! I can't believe I could fall so low….
Me: Aww, it's okay, buddy. (pats Orochimaru on the back) We all get depressed sometimes…just…not as for a ridiculous reason as yours.
Orochimaru: (huffs and looks away)
Me: MERRY CHRISTMAS, PEOPLE!!! Leave us a little gift of your own and review!!