Chapter 7- On the Seventh Day Of Christmas

December 19

"Okay. Move it a little to the left." Yugi said.

Joey and Yami moved the banner that they were handing up to the right.

"That looks perfect." Yugi told them.

Yami and Joey secured the banner before climbing down the ladders they had been standing on.

The banner read: MERRY CHRISTMAS, KIDS.

"Joey, how did you convince Seto to host a Christmas party for orphans here at Kaibaland?" Yami asked.

Joey blushed slightly. "Trust me. You don't want to know the answer to that." Joey said.

"Forget I asked." Yami said.

"Hey, guys! What do you thinks?" Malik called.

The three looked to see that Malik, Ryou, Marik, and Bakura had finished putting lighted garland up around the walls of the dome that they were using.

"That looks great, guys." Yami said.

"Could all of you give us hand then?" tea asked.

Tea, Sayora, and Kyla were busy trying to get the t=atricif al tree put up.

"Sure thing." Joey said. He started trying to pout it together.

Yugi picked up a sheet paper and said, "Uh, Joey. It might be a little easier to do if you use the directions."

Tristan and Duke snickered.

"All right, wise guys. Why don't you do it?" Joey snapped.

"Come on, guys. We've only got a few hours to get this place decorated." Yugi said.

"Why didn't Seto just hire someone to do all this?" Duke asked.

"Because there was no one free to do it." Joey said.

"I actually think that doing it ourselves if much more fun." Yugi said. He looked around and said, "Where are Atemu, Heba, Yuesei, and Leo?'

"Oh. They're outside getting some of the outside decorations up." Kyla answered.

"Not now."

The group looked to see the three come in with Mokuba, carrying several boxes each.

"What are these?" Yami asked.

"These would be decorations for the Christmas tree." Mokuba said.

"Why did Seto have to get a ten foot tree, anyway?" Tristan asked.

"You know Seto. He has do everything large. Besides, he knew that these kids didn't have good Christmases very much and wanted to give them as good of one as we could manage. You know that Seto and I once lived in an orphanage, so we know what they go through." Mokuba said.

"Don't worry, Mokuba. We're going to get this place looking great for when the kids arrive." Yugi said.

"Okay. I think that we'd better get the tree put up before we do anything else." Sayora said.

"Yeah. The outside's done, so we can all do that." Leo said.

Together, the group got the ten-foot tree standing up.

"That's great. Now, we need to get the lights on." Yugi said.

Atemu and Yami climbed up the ladders that had been placed on either side of the tree and were putting the light on and working their way down. After that, they put the res and silver garland on the tree.

Mokuba, Yugi, and Heba got all of the ornaments out of the boxes.

"Man. Seto really did go all-out fore this." Kyla said, looking at the variety of ornaments that Seto had bought just for the occasion.

"Yeah. Like I said, Seto wanted to give them a good Christmas." Mokuba said.

"Well, let's get this tree looking great." Joey said.

Together, Joey, Tristan, Tea, Duke, Kyla, sayora, Mokuba, Atemu, Yami, Yugi, Heba, Leo, Yuesei, Ryou, Malik, Marik, and Ryou all worked together to get the large tree decorated for the Christmas party.

Once they were done, the group stood back to admire the tree.

"I think that the tree looks terrific." Yugi said.

"It does. The kids are going to love this." Sayora said.

"Oh, yeah. We can't forget the angel." Mokuba said, getting the angel out.

"I'll put it up, Mokuba." Yuesei said. He took the angel and climbed up the ladder to the top and put the angel up and plugged it in.

Mokuba walked over and plugged the tree into the wall.

The tree lit up and accentuated the sparkling ornaments and garland.

"You're right. The tree does look terrific." Mokuba agreed.

"Okay. We need to get these wreaths put up." Yami said.

There ten windows that the lighted wreaths had to out up on.

The group separated and used the ladder to out the wreaths up in the windows so that they could be seen from the outside when the kids got there.

"I think that about does it." Joey said.

"No. We still have to set up the tables and chairs where they'll sir when they eat dinner." Yugi said.

"And we need to set up the tables that the food will be on." Heba added.

"Let's do that now." Mokuba said.

The group got out about three dozen table and chairs so that four children could sit at each table. Then they set up two long tables that the food would be set on.

"Hey, Yugi. Did your Grandpa agree to do it?" Mokuba asked.

"Yeah. He's real excited about it, too." Yugi said.

"You're not kidding. Grandpa loves to do this kind of thing, so he was all too happy to do this. He loves kids, so it all worked out for the best." Yugi said.

"Come on. You need to see how the outside is decorated." Leo said.

The group went outside to see that Atemu, Heba, Leo, and Yuesei had put multi-colored lights around the outside of the dome and around the doorway on a spiral way. There a big wreath on the door of the dome. There were also a few light up characters around the steps that included a Santa Claus, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, a penguin, a polar bear, and an elf.

"Wow. This is great. These kids are going to be so thrilled." Heba said.

"Yeah." Tea agreed enthusiastically.

"I hope so. I'd like to give these kids something good for the season." Yami said.

"Trust me. Seto has spared no expense where this is concerned. He has told me that he wants to give these kids the best Christmas that they have ever had." Mokuba said.

"Well, I think that might be close to happening." Yugi said.

"I think that it's great that we're giving these kids a great Christmas." Bakura said.

"You do?" everyone said, surprised.

"Sure. I was orphaned in the past, so I know what that was like. It's nice to be able to give them something nice to remember." Bakura said.

"Wow. I never thought that you would actually want to do something nice for someone else." Duke said.

Bakura glared. "Do me a favor and just shut up." Bakura said.

"Okay. Calm down." Ryou said, putting a calming hand on Bakura's shoulder.

"Mokuba, is there anything else that needs to be done?" Yugi asked.

"No. I think that we've covered almost everything. We just need to make sure that Santa gets here on time." Mokuba said, smiling.

"Trust me. Santa will be here early." Heba said.

It was then that Seto showed up.

"How's the decorating going?' Seto asked.

"Perfect. We're done, too, and we used everything that we bought for it, too." Mokuba said.

"Go ahead and see what you think, Seto." Yugi said.

Seto looked at the outside decorations and then at the inside before saying, "You all did an excellent job. I think that the kids are going to be really happy with all this."

"We think so, too." Kyla agreed.

"Just one question. Do we have a Santa?" Seto asked.

"Yes." Yugi, Heba, Atemu, Yami, Leo, Yuesei, Kyla, and Sayora said at the same time.

"Good. Can't exactly have a children's Christmas party without a Santa." Seto said.

"We have one." Atemu said.

"I guess that there's nothing we can do until the party." Seto said.

"What time do we need to be back here?" Malik asked.

"Well, the party's at six, but I think we should all be here at four thirty because that's when the caterers arrive. We'll need to get all the food set up." Seto said.

The group nodded.

"We'll be here then." Yami promised.

The group said good-bye and left.

Yugi, Yami, Heba, and Atemu had gone out to eat after they finished at Kaibaland.

"Well, I'd say that this party has to be one of the best ideas that Seto has ever had." Atemu said.

"Yeah. Without this party, these kids might not have had much of a Christmas. At least they'll have one now." Yami agreed.

"Joey told me this, and he said that we're not to spread it around, but Seto gave the orphanage money so that they could have a Christmas party for the kids on Christmas Day, too." Yugi said.

"Man. Seto really is going all-out." Heba said.

"Well, he was an orphan once, too, so he knows exactly how they feel and wants to ease some that loneliness they feel." Yugi said.

"Yeah. It's a good thing that he's doing. I'm glad that he gave us this chance to help." Yami agreed.

"Yeah. They say that Christmas is the season of giving, and I think that giving these kids a fantastic Christmas so the best gift that we could give them." Atemu agreed.

"I can't wait to see the look on those kids' faces when they see everything. They're going to be so ecstatic." Yami stated.

That night, everyone had gather back at the Kaibaland dome including Ishizu and Grandpa. They had organized the food. They were having ham and turkey along with macaroni and cheese, corn, mashed potatoes, deviled eggs, rolls, sweet potato pie, and candied yams.

Seto looked at his watch and said, "Well, they should be arriving here any moment."

A moment later, they heard the sound of tires stopping.

"Right on time." Mokuba said.

They opened the door and the kids came flooding in. The looks on the kids faces said that they were surprised at how well decorated the place was.

Seto stood in front of them and said, "Welcome, everyone. we're all here to have fun this Christmas, so let's start by eating."

The kids shouted for joy before running over to the table.

The entire group smiled at the kids.

"This is certainly worth everything that we did." Yugi said.

"Yeah. These kids deserve a good Christmas." Seto said.

After all the kids got something to eat, the adults went and got their own plates.

There were Christmas carols playing over the loud speakers as they were eating and talking.

After everyone had finished eating, the kids starting playing the different games that Seto and the others had set up for them earlier that day.

"I'd say that the kids are having a good time." Kyla said.

"Yeah. They're having the time of their lives." Ryou said.

"Nothing more than they deserve." Seto said.

Atemu glanced around and said, "Where's Grandpa?"

"Oh, he went to get ready." Yugi said.

The entire group smiled, knowing what that meant.

A moment later, the a voice said, "Ho Ho Ho, everyone!"

Everyone looked to see Santa Claus on the stage with a large bag.

The kids screamed in excitement before they ran over to him.

Grandpa had dressed up in the red hat, coat, and black boots and had out in the white beard to play Santa Claus for the kids.

"I just stopped by to give an early Christmas to you good little boys and girls." Grandpa/Santa said. He gave a jolly laugh at how the kids were saying things to him all at the same time. "Now, if I could have some of the adults here to give me a hand with handing out these Christmas gifts." Grandpa/Santa said.

The entire group along with the orphanage workers came forward and helped to hand out all of the gifts that had been bought and wrapped for the kids.

In the end, all the kids wound up with four gifts each.

There were still kids gathering around Grandpa/Santa, and he was gladly letting them come to him and talk to him.

What the kids didn't know is that whatever they were asking for was being written down, and Seto was going to buy it if he could and have the gifts sent to the orphanage for the kids.

The kids thoroughly enjoyed the party. That much was clear to everyone.

After getting their gifts, the kids went back to playing with the games that had been put out and with their new toys as well, sharing them with each other.

"You know, I think this is the best Christmas that I have had." Yugi said to Yami.

"Why's that?" Yami asked.

"Because I was able to help give these kids a Christmas that they will never forget. I think seeing the smiles on these kids faces is the best Christmas gift that I could ever get." Yugi said.

Yami put an arm around Yugi and said, "Yeah. I think that it takes seeing something like this to remember that Christmas is about a time of sharing thinks with your loved ones and being together for the holidays. It should also be used to do something for someone else to let them know that they are cared about."

"I'm glad that Seto did this because it made me remember that I should help others whenever I could." Yugi said.

"We all need a reminder sometimes. I think that this is a Christmas that I'll never forget. It's certainly one that none of these kids will ever forget." Yami said.

"Well, I must say that that has to be the best Christmas that I have ever had." Grandpa said as he, Yugi, Heba, Yami, Atemu, Kyla, Sayora, Leo, and Yuesei arrived at the Moto house.

"I know. The looks on those kids faces is something that I won't forget." Kyla said.

"Uh, Yugi." Leo said.

"Yeah." Yugi replied.

"I think your Secret Santa struck yet again." Leo said.

Sure enough, there was a brown box on the steps.

Yugi picked up the box and they all went in.

Once inside, Yugi set the box on the table and opened it to find seven bags of chocolate candy in it: Reese's, Hershey's Kisses, Kit Kats, Butterfingers, M&Ms, Mr. Goodbars, and Hershey's bars.

"Whoa. That is a lot of chocolate candy." Sayora said.

"Yugi, I swear that if you eat all that tonight I will kill you." Grandpa threatened.

"I don't think I could Grandpa. I think we can just pour it all in a bowl, and everyone can eat on it when they're here." Yugi said.

"That's a great idea, Yugi." Yami agreed.

"Is there another note?" Kyla asked.

Yugi looked in the box and found the white paper. Yugi took it out and read it.

It read:

I knew that you liked chocolate candy, so

I gave you all of your favorite ones although

This candy is nowhere as sweet as you are.

Love,

Your Eternal Lover

At the bottom, it read:

On the seventh day of Christmas I gave my true love, seven bags of chocolate,

six stunning outfits

five golden pendants

Four Duel Monsters plushies

Three amethyst bracelets

Two silver ankhs

And a cartouche with his name on it.

"Well, whoever this guy is, he does know you well, Yugi. These are all of your favorite ones." Atemu said.

"So I noticed. I wonder how they knew." Yugi said.

"Well, he certainly is poetic the way he puts everything in those notes of his." Sayora said.

"I have to admit that you're right." Yugi agreed.

"Well, let's get this candy in a bowl." Grandpa said.

//What do you think of your mystery admirer, aibou?// Yami asked.

/I'm still not sure what I should think. I'm just glad that this gift wasn't quite as expensive. This person has been spending a lot of money on me./ Yugi said.

//Well, they must really love you to spend all this money.// Yami said.

/I guess so. I just hope that this person hasn't wasted their time if I end up not returning their feelings./ Yugi said.

//I'm sure that the person will understand if that ends up happening.// Yami told him.

/I hope so. All of these are kind of extravagant. That's not usually my style. I just hope that I meet this person. I'd like to be able to thank the person who has done all of this for me face to face./ Yugi said.

//You'll get your chance, aibou. I am sure of that.// Yami said.

/Okay, Yami. If you say so./ Yugi said.

After the group had gotten all of the candy set out in bowls, everyone headed upstairs to go to be since they were tired after their having to spend the morning and part of the afternoon decorating and then having so much fun at the party.

I thought that having a Christmas party for orphans would be a greta wait to have the holidays. It is the time to be good to your fellow man.

Also, thanks to yugixyamiyaoilover for helping me come up with the gift in the chapter.

The eighth day of Christmas is next.

R&R.