Happy Thanksgiving everyone :D

I'll be truthful, I didn't expect myself to actually finish this special on time because oddly enough it was much harder to write than I thought. But the spirit of the holiday didn't want none of that as it pushed a gun to my head and told me to write. You happy you bastard

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Yea I'm going a little bit insane, but enough about me let's celebrate this happy and thankful holiday together. I hope you all enjoy


"Why are we doing this again" Death complained as he sat in his private study in his mansion that he was forced to use for this holiday event

"Because Thanksgiving is about being with family and that's what we're doing today with the Xiao Longs" Fury said as she wore an apron as she was just in the kitchen cooking Thanksgiving dinner.

"Ugh, I hate their family and you know that already" Death complained tiredly as he didn't find the reason of holding a feast on the fourth Thursday of this month so special

"Come on brother today is a day of peace and being with friends, isn't that right Ruby" Fury asked turning to Ruby who was standing in front of the fireplace as she stared up at the shield up on the mantle that had Death's family symbol

"Huh? Sorry I wasn't paying attention" Ruby apologized as Death let out a humorous scoff

"I was asking what Thanksgiving meant to you Ruby" Fury asked once more

"Before I became part of Yang's family I never celebrated Thanksgiving and found no need for it" Ruby stated with a shrug while shocking Fury with her answer while Death pointed at Fury with a smug looked behind his mask

"Told you" Death said smugly as Fury ignored him

"Why do you think that" Fury asked Ruby wanting to know why she didn't care for Thanksgiving

"Sure I celebrate it with everyone but why do we have to spend one day of the year to celebrate peace and love when we should be doing that everyday. That's what mom told me" Ruby said with a soft smile as she remembered past days with her mother

"That may be true but we are all celebrating together as a family, understood" Fury said as that last part was directed towards Death who let out a huff and nodded tiredly

"Yeah, yeah I got it already" Death said dryly as Fury let out a huff before the door bell chime rang throughout the mansion

"That must be them, Ruby go get them would you" Fury said as Ruby nodded as the older woman went back out the room towards the kitchen.

Ruby left her father alone as she went down to the massive entrance of the giant home. When Ruby first got here she was awe struck at the size of the three story mansion. When Ruby asked why he has such a giant mansion he just answered with a shrug while saying that if he was going to live somewhere then it has to be in a home of his own taste. Which explains why the place looks like something out of a horror movie with how dark and gloomy it is

Ruby opened the door to reveal Yang and her parents "Hey guys" Ruby said happily as Yang pulled her into a hug before her adoptive parents hugged her as well

"You know this is the first time I've been here in Death's own home. Very macabre like" Zhao mused as Yang scoffed

"I think macabre is putting this place lightly" Yang said sarcastically as Ruby let out a forced laugh

"Trust me, this place was bigger before" Strife stated while leaning against the railing up on the second floor

"It was?!" Ruby asked in amazement and shock as she looked up to her uncle

"Yea it was, but there was a minor. . . . fire that was entirely no ones fault whatsoever" Strife said a quickly

"Right and the fact you were running away from the scene of the crime was just a coincidence" War said dryly as he walked up next to him

"I had nothing to do with that fire and you know it" Strife said while holding his arms up in a X fashion as he denied the accusation

"I know that there wasn't a fire in Death's bedroom when we passed by it the first time around and then the second we go looking for you it was suddenly on fire" War stated dryly as he crossed his arms at his brother

"Who has a fireplace in their bedroom, it was only a matter of time the damn thing went ablaze!" Strife exclaimed as he still denied that he had any part of Death's bedroom being set on fire

"This is better than day time T.V" Ping joked lightly as her husband and two daughters smothered their laughter as they continued watching the two siblings argue

"ENOUGH, BOTH OF YOU!" Fury shouted angrily at the two as she came out of the kitchen when she heard the arguing. The two stopped to stare at Fury who was seething at them "One day, one day I'm asking of you to NOT fight and what do you do" Fury seethed out as the two shifted when they met Fury's fiery gaze

". . . . . And this is why I disagreed with the idea of having Fury host any kind of celebratory event" Death said bluntly as he walked up to Xiao Longs as he was soon knocked through the front door and into the ground outside as everyone turned to Fury who's fist was Literally on fire

"Anyone else wants to say something" Fury urged them as they all shook their heads "Good, if you need me I'll be in the kitchen finishing. . SHIT THE TURKEY!" Fury shouted as she ran faster than anyone thought was possible as she ran through the doors, breaking them down in the process as she made her way towards the kitchen

". . . . . And that is why we never anger Fury during her period" Strife said offhandedly as everyone balked at the information that was just given to them while War face palmed

"And that is why we never bring you anywhere Strife" War grumbled as Strife shrugged before walking back upstairs. War shook his head as he turned to the entrance to see Death walking through the busted door he was sent flying through

"Fury needs a hobby" Death groaned out as he rubbed the side of his head which was smoking a bit "If you need me I'll be in my study" Death said as he walked away as War shook his head

"If you lot need me I'll be in the armory" War said as he walked away leaving Ruby with Yang's family wondering what just happened

". . . . Is this normal" Yang asked to no one as Ruby shrugged as she had the least amount of experience with her family ever since she joined them

"They always been anti-social butterflys" Zhao admitted as Ping nodded in agreement

"So what are we going to do for Thanksgiving" Yang asked as they turned to Ruby who noticed their looks before shrugging as she has no idea what to do as they all stared at her blankly

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*BOOM!*

"GOD DAMMIT STRIFE!"

"WAR DID IT!" Strife said jumping over the second story railings and went out the door, while being on fire

Death oddly came out from where he came from where Strife came even though he was on the first floor just a few moments ago and was also on fire as he chased after Strife

"Wait, how did Strife set him on fire if he was on the second floor" Yang pointed out

"Dad's study is actually two stories tall so uncle probably did something on the second floor" Ruby stated as they all let out a sound of understanding

"Well, I guess I should go help Fury with dinner? Oum knows the woman probably needs help having siblings like those" Ping said

"I'M GOING TO RIP OUT YOUR EYES" Death shouted as a high pitch scream of pain could be heard throughout the entire mansion

"And that proves my point" Ping stated dully as she made her way to the kitchen leaving the others behind

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"Want to go see if we find a parlor in this place" Zhao said with a smirk

"Hell yes!" Yang exclaimed as Ruby let out a meek laugh

"Come on Ruby, it'll bee like an adventure" Zhao said happily as Ruby had to smile at her adoptive father

"Okay" Ruby agreed happily

"Alright, let's set off!" Yang exclaimed as they began walking around the mansion. They found several things from a shooting range which was next to the armory where War was as he was cleaning various weapons of mass destruction that Death had acquired in his journeys. The two blondes had to drag Ruby away from the weapons as she actually drooled at the sight of them. They found a massive library as some of the books they skimmed through several as they noticed they were written in various languages that they couldn't even recognize.

Soon after passing through a couple of bedrooms and apparently a small prayer area. They were shocked about Death had something like this until they saw a plaque on the wall next it saying that Fury forced him into making this room

"Finally the parlor room" Zhao said tiredly as they been walking around the mansion for nearly an hour and yet they weren't even a quarter done in exploring the place

The room they entered was quaint and dim lit. It had an entire bar station in one side of the room while other side had recreational games of billiards, darts and a small bowling alley

"Fancy" Yang said walking into the room with Ruby in tow as Zhao looked around as he never knew Death had some good tastes in alcohol when he found the liqueur cabinet "Come on Ruby, let's play a game out billiards" Yang said happily as Ruby agreed as they set up the table "Alright let's get to playing" holding a pool cue as two of them began playing

"So Ruby, how has it been with your father" Zhao asked his adoptive daughter while holding a margarita in hand that he just made

"It's interesting, he's actually teaching me about family history" Ruby said before hitting a 3 color ball and missed the hole

"Really, how is it" Yang asked curiously to their family history as she hit a 5 stripe ball and made it in the hole as she fist pump with a grin

"Oh it's just the, worst thing you can possibly imagine" Ruby said as her go-lucky attitude was replaced with a solemn look of horror as her face was covered in shadows as her silver eyes were shown in the dark as they shown intense horror "A~nd repressed" Ruby said as she went back to normal with a smile as the two blondes sweat dropped at that immediate change of attitude like it was nothing

"Uh, you okay Rubes" Yang asked cautiously

"Oh yeah I'm fine, auntie taught me how to repress horrible memories so I'm good" Ruby explained as Yang looked over to her father with a worried look on his face "I'm fine" Ruby said noticing their looks of concern as she noticed it was her turn as she hit the 2 color ball and made it into the hole

". . . Ruby. . Has he been a good father" Zhao asked the serious question as Ruby stopped from hitting another ball as she looked up to them

"Well he is a little ruff around the edges for a bit but I actually eased myself into his life easier than I thought. He cares about me even if he shows it very little with the small gestures he does" Ruby says as she meant him always ruffling her hair "Sure he can be cruel, sadistic or plain evil when he wants to be but that's because. . . . Uh. . . He, uh. . Yeah I got nothing" Ruby admitted with a blank look "But he still is a good father to me" Ruby said whining a little bit

"Alright Ruby, I guess I should trust your judgement. But remember, just because we're not of your blood doesn't mean we don't think of you as family" Zhao said as he walked over to Ruby and pulled her into a warm

"I know dad, I love you too" Ruby said softly before feeling Yang hugging her as well as they all smiles on their faces

"Come on, finish your game and set me up because I'm going to beat you in billiards" Zhao challenged them as his daughters both adoptive and blood smirked at him

"Bring it old man" Yang taunted

"Who you calling old" Zhao said with a feign insulted look on his face before he let out a laugh as they all joined him as they spent time together, never noticing Death leaning against the door on the other side of the room as he listened in to their conversation

"Aw, isn't that sweet" Strife said as his entire clothing was burnt and his mask had a fist shape dent made into it. The other thing was that Strife's head was wrapped around in Death's arm

"Quiet you" Death said punching his brother's face as he dragged him away to Oum knows where.


After an hour Fury finished dinner with Ping's help "Thank you again for helping me, it's really stressful when I'm the only one who would cook for others" Fury said with a tired huff

"No problem, we girls have to stick together" Ping said as Fury let out a little chuckle

"It's nice really, to have everyone here to celebrate today" Fury said happily before scrunching up her face in annoyance "If only we could curb Strife's attitude for an hour or so" Fury grumbled

"Way ahead of you" Death said with a cloth in hand as he cleaned his knuckles of the blood that stuck to his fists

"What did you do brother" Fury said tiredly as she didn't have anymore energy to deal with this

"I only fractured his leg bones, nothing to worry about" Death said calmly as the women stared at her blankly "It's getting harder to break his bones as they're getting stronger and stronger after every fracture" Death pointed out as Fury face palmed as she took a deep breath

"Just get everyone to the table, dinner is going to start soon" Fury said tiredly as she didn't want to deal with this

Death shrugged "Alright" Death said as he walked out of the kitchen before Fury realized what she just did

"Brother wait!" Fury didn't finish her sentence on time as the sound of Redemption rang through the mansion

"EVERYONE GET OUT HERE NOW!" Death shouted as he fired Redemption a few more times as Fury slowly hit her head against the wall

"Don't worry Fury, we'll still have a great dinner and if not I'll help in hurting the bastard" Ping promised happily as Fury looked up to her with a smile

"Thanks" Fury said as she felt a little better "Alright, it's time to get this show on the road" Fury said as the two began putting the plates of food on a cart to take to the dinning hall.

Everyone was sitting down at the dining table as they were waiting patiently for Fury and Ping. Other then Strife groaning softly as he had a pack of ice on his head while half of it was covered in bandages no one made a sound as they peacefully waited.

Fury and Ping soon came into the dining area pushing a cart with several covered plates. The aroma of food filled the entire dining hall as they waited patiently as they one by one placed the plates of food onto the table in front of the others. Finally after setting down the food they placed on last covered plate onto the center and lifted the cover up to show a delicious looking turkey

"Now let us give thanks" Fury said peacefully as everyone lowered their heads, even Death as he begrudgingly did so for his sister. Soon after they gave their thanks everyone began to eat as the room was filled with happy commentaries that most didn't think it was possible to have with each other as the room was filled with laughs and chuckles from Strife acting like a goof.

Death if he had to say how he felt right now, he felt rather happy for having such a wonderful family. He subtly looked to his left to see his daughter laughing happily as Strife tried to balance the gravy bowl on a knife on a spoon, much to Fury's displeasure. Death smiled as he looked to his right to stare at the empty seat he left for Summer and wondered how much would've changed if she was here. Probably not that much, just this place would be even more livelier than it is now.

Death smiled as he enjoyed the festivities with his family, even those he didn't consider family but oddly close acquaintances, friends even. Though he will never say that to their faces as Zhao would never let him live it down until he snaps and kills the man

But either way, today is such a good day. A day for thanks of being alive with good friends and family that Death had to admit-

"How about I tell you the time War once walked around town wearing only a towel" Strife said trying to bring up a story as everyone spat out their food and drinks as they tried not to laugh

"You tell them that story and I'll tell them about the time you ran around town completely naked while being drunk" War responded with his threat as they all started laughing as Strife flinched audibly as he threatened to tell another more embarrassing story

Death let out a chuckle 'This is a good life we live' Death thought with a happy smile as he spent the rest of the day with joyous stories of the past with no worries of the future as they all ate together in peace.


Well I hope you all enjoyed this little holiday special and I hope you are all thankful as you celebrate this day with friends and family who love you dearly

Have a Happy Thanksgiving and I'll see you all later. Bye