CHAPTER 4

"Almaz, wake up already! It's today!"

Almaz woke up to Mao hovering over his bed.

"Mao? What is it?" Almaz asked, tired.

"This 'Christmas' thing is today!" Mao yelled as he threatened to hit Almaz with his pillow.

"Alright, alright, I'll get up." Almaz said as he rose from his bed.

Mao hit him with the pillow anyway.

As Almaz walked into the lobby, along with Mao and Sapphire, the doorbell rang.

Mr. Champloo, Raspberyl, Kyoko and Asuka were at the door, smiling "Merry Christmas!" they all yelled as Almaz opened the door.

Later, everyone was gathered around the Christmas tree. Almaz placed couches and chairs around the tree so that they could sit around it instead of on the floor.

"Now, since Mao might throw a fit, he gets to open his gift first." Almaz said as he picked a gift.

"Ah, you must have anticipated that. Smart." Mao said as he received the gift.

Mao tore open the gift to find a gleaming sword that was about 20 feet long, had scriptures on it, and was double-edged.

"T-t-t-this is the Tyrant Lord Baal's Sword!" Mao stuttered as he glared at the gleaming sword in amazement. "How the hell did you even get this!"

"Well, it's a long story…" Almaz said as he scratched his head and passed a gift each to Raspberyl, Kyoko and Asuka.

Raspberyl opened her gift to see a book that read "The Unlicensed Demon's Guide To Good Deeds" Raspberyl was astonished. "Check it out girls! Now I can become even MORE of a badass!"

"Ah. Look in the front page, there's something else." Almaz said to her as she was staring at the book.

She opened to find a piece of paper that read:

"To the Netherworld's Number 1 Delinquent!

~ Almaz Von Almadine Adamant."

Raspberyl squealed.

"Well, you HAVE been pressuring me for an autograph." Almaz said as he smiled.

Kyoko opened her gift to have a brand new Chrome Crochet Kit, complete with a countless number of colors of thread. "Oh, Thank You, Sir Almaz!" she said as her eyes twinkled rom the kit.

Asuka opened her gift to find a leather pouch about the size of a fist. "What's this supposed to be, Sir Almaz?" she asked as the examined the pouch.

"Oh, I'll show you, but I'll need one of your paper-"

"Done." She said as she held out a newly made paper crane.

"W-well, that was fast!" Almaz said as he looked at the crane. "May I see the pouch?" Almaz asked as he held out his hand.

"Of course" Asuka said as she handed the pouch to him.

Almaz reached into the pouch with his fingers. "Watch this." He said before he took a pinch-full of a glittering powder and sprinkled it on the paper crane Asuka was holding.

In nearly an instant, the paper crane started to act on it's own. It flapped its wings and started to fly around Asuka.

"Amazing!" Asuka yelled out as she watched the cane fly around her.

"Its Pixie dust mixed with grinded Dragon bone. It'll allow you to make anything made out of paper be able to act on its own." Almaz explained as he gave the pouch back to her.

"Thank You so much!" Asuka yelled as she hugged Almaz.

"Hehe, No problem" Almaz said as he patted her head.

As Asuka kept applying the powder to more paper cranes, Almaz passed Mr. Champloo his gift. "Here you go, Master. I hope you like it"

"Thank you Almaz" He said as he received the gift. He opened it to find a Chef's Knife. "Hm? A Chef's Knife?"

"Ah, there's a little knob at the end. Turn it, and see what happens." Almaz said as he pointed at the end.

Mr. Champloo turned the knob and saw that the knife instantaneously turned into another cooking utensil. Then another one, then another one, and then another one.

"It's a universal kitchen utensil. It can turn into another utensil at will. And it also cleans the utensil you were using as you use another one." Almaz said to Mr. Champloo as he kept turning the knob.

Mr. Champloo laughed his signature laugh. "Ah, I can use my martial arts for all of the jobs, but it still is a great gift. Thank you, Almaz."

"Oh, I'm glad that you like it" Almaz laughed. "Oh! I nearly forgot!" He picked up another gift and handed it to Sapphire.

She opened the gift to find a stuffed toy with the appearance of Raspberyl. She squealed at the sight of it. "Oh its so CUTE! Its looks just like miss Beryl! Thank you, Almaz!" She said as she hugged the doll and Almaz as the same time.

Almaz hugged back. Glad she likes it. It was hard looking for that doll!

After all of the presents were taken care of, Raspberyl noticed something.

"Hey, there's one more gift" She looked at the tag. "It's for Almaz"

"M-me?" Almaz said in shock as he took the gift. He opened it to see a familiar sword. "I-I-it's the Yoshitsuna!" He said in shock as he held the sword.

"Wait, isn't that Mao's?" Raspberyl said.

Everyone looked and stared at Mao.

"W-what's everyone looking at!" Mao said with a red face.

"You gave something to someone, rather than taking something from someone" Raspberyl said flatly.

"S-shut up! B-besides, now that I have the Baal Sword, I-I won't need it!" Mao yelled, trying to swallow his pride.

Almaz chuckled. "Well, thanks anyway"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever" Mao said, embarrassed.

Everyone except Almaz stared at Mao in shock and disbelief.

At the time of the Christmas Feast, there was a table about 40 feet long, covered with all sorts of different kinds of foods.

Mr. Champloo had a grin on his face.

"W-wow!" Everyone said as they saw the massive amount of food.

The Feast was so large that it lasted until it was dark out, and everyone was stuffed and ready to explode from the food.

After the feast, Mr. Champloo, Raspberyl, Kyoko and Asuka left the castle to their own homes.

Mao stretched out. "Man, what a day…"

Almaz smiled at Mao. "Yep. Now we need to wait until next year to do this all over again."

Mao froze. "What!" It happens every year! That means I could have done this over 1500 times!"

Almaz flinched. "Calm down, you've waited over 1500 years so you can wait another one."

Mao froze again, then sunk his head. "Ah forget this. I'm going to bed." He said as he walked up the stairs. "Oh, and Almaz?"

"Y-yes?" Almaz stuttered.

"If you think I've gone soft on you, you've got another thing coming!" the said as he went through the door.

Almaz just sighed at Mao with a smile.

"Oh! I almost forgot! I didn't give you you're present!" Sapphire remembered.

"O-oh, its ok, you don't need to-"Almaz stuttered but was interrupted by kiss from Sapphire.

She released him. "Merry Christmas, Almaz." She said as she snuggled her head into Almaz's chest, hugging him.

Almaz was surprised, but snapped back. He felt a moment of complete peace and happiness. "Merry Christmas, My Princess"

_A/N: FINALLY DONE! I'm sorry if you might have waited long to see the ending, but now I don't have to worry about it! I hop you enjoyed it. As a bonus, there will be a bonus chapter that's all about Almaz and Mao (No, there' no Yaoi).